Graduate recruitment is a strategy of filling positions with people who have no experience, whom the company trains according to its own procedures. It pays off especially in professions where there is a shortage of experienced people on the market and their salary expectations are unaffordable for the company. A condition for success is a prepared onboarding process and a mentor, otherwise the graduate leaves within six months and the investment is lost. Candidates can be obtained through long-term cooperation with schools – offering internships, final-thesis topics, lectures and dual education – which is more effective than advertising at a time when the company urgently needs someone. When assessing candidates, what is judged is not experience but the ability to learn, an approach to problem-solving, and what they have tried outside school obligations.
See also: Dual Education, Links from school websites, Mentoring in a company.
