Key findings from Mynavi’s survey of the employment and recruitment trends surrounding “talent with limited experience,” covering 1,500 people who had sought to change jobs over the past year and 1,600 corporate mid-career recruitment managers. Some 63.9% of companies had hired people with limited experience, and post-hire satisfaction reached 73.4%, with benefits such as ease of training cited.
A survey of 1,500 full-time employees who had sought to change jobs in the past year and 1,600 corporate mid-career recruitment managers found that 53.0% preferred to change jobs by building on limited experience and expanding into related fields, among other approaches. In the jobs they took after changing employers, adjacent-field expansion accounted for 42.8%, continuity-based moves for 41.0%, and challenge-oriented moves for 16.2%.
On the corporate side, 63.9% said they had hired people with limited experience. Common reasons included wanting to recruit such candidates alongside experienced hires, while the leading deciding factors were strong communication skills and initiative.
Post-hire satisfaction with people with limited experience reached 73.4%. Companies valued the fact that they were easier to train than inexperienced candidates and could readily absorb new duties and corporate cultures. At the same time, gaps between expected and actual skills and the time required for training and on-the-job training were identified as challenges. The survey indicated that aligning expectations before hiring is important to prevent mismatches after recruitment.
The benefits of hiring people with limited experience included being able to recruit talent likely to adapt to the corporate culture and broadening the pool of potential hires. The findings suggest that companies may be placing importance not only on skills but also on adaptability and growth potential.