subject: The Benefits of Hiring Young Employees [print this page] As a business owner you have complete control over who you hire to work for your company. Hiring seasoned employees with experience can be a good idea but don't rule out the option of hiring young talent. What they lack in experience they can make up in innovative new ideas that fit the current day market better than your seasoned professional.
If you decide to go with an employee who has been around the block for a while you will be gaining all of their experience and in some cases, their contacts. This is all beneficial to you and your company but you also need bright ideas and ways to relate to you market. This may be something your older employees will struggle with. Having a good mix of young and older could be the perfect mix for a successful company.
The first thing you need to determine is your target audience's demographic. If you are aiming towards reaching the older generation your need for younger employees may not be necessary. But, if you plan on targeting the up and coming generation you should really consider hiring a work force that can relate to audience. Their ideas, thoughts, and way of thinking will be very detrimental to your business success.
Besides hiring a younger work force you should treat and pay as if they were the force behind your business, because after all you are only as good as your employees. Young working professionals respond well to fast results and positive environments. If you can create this in your work environment you should have a motivated, loyal, and strong work force driving your company to prosper. A good example of this is Google. They treat their employees as if they were VIPs, and in a sense, they are. Google's employees are happy to go to work every day and get every benefit you can imagine. In the end Google may have spent more money on their employees than most companies but they have created a fun and loyal work environment where everyone strives to benefit the company that treats them so nicely.
In the end, you need to hire a work force that understands your target audience and will keep coming up with new ideas to improve the business. Treat them well and they will treat you and your business as if it was their own.
