When employing young in the office take care of the following:
Set a balance between young and the mature members of staff.
Employ on attitude not skills that can be learnt, but it's far more difficult to change an attitude.
Don't exploit by paying low wages/minimum wage. It's a false economy - they won’t stay long and they are unlikely to put 100% into the job while there[/i]
Have a clear timeline from time of joining to full salary and link this to On the Job Training milestones. For example between 0-9 months
The large, and perhaps growing, number of unemployedyouth is one of the most daunting problems faced by developed and developing countries alike. On average, and almost everywhere, for every one unemployed adult, two young persons find themselves without a job. The social distress caused by this situation is well known. The long-term effects of youth joblessness are equally important. The unemployment spells over a workers life cycle are related to the ease of transition between school and work.
Furthermore, it is disappointing to observe that the unprecedented expansion of investment in youth education in many regions of the world is not being matched by higher employment levels for this population group.
Verbatim has a very low staff turnover - over 50% of the staff has been with the company over five years. This has been achieved because job satisfaction is not just about pay, which is important, but it includes many of the points above.