Graduation season in the Philippines is from April to May. After graduation, these senior high school and college graduates might take a short break or finish up a few school requirements. Then, they’ll start going into the job market around June and July.
So if you want to hire someone young and hungry, now is the time.
Before I go further, I want to talk about Young and Hungry.
Young and Hungry
My friend Evan Carmichael talks about hiring 2 different kinds of people:
-Experienced
-Young and hungry
For most roles, he (and I) hire young and hungry.
Why? Because most skills can be learned, or improved upon, or perfected, by watching YouTube.
Someone experienced might know, but they might also be set in their ways. Less coachable. Less likely to go above and beyond.
For most roles (customer support, SEO, design, AI, video editing, social media, data entry, affiliate management, even some sales…) I’m hiring young and hungry.
Now…
If you’re worried that fresh graduates might be too inexperienced, don’t be.
Many Filipinos now start applying for online jobs while in college, and we’ve even featured one of them on our YouTube channel.
The Philippine government is also going all out in helping their people get online work, so they’ve started training high school kids on high-value skills like programming, graphic design, video editing, etc.
If this is your first time hiring someone and you want them to do part-time work for now, fresh graduates would be a good choice.
Would this mean you’d have to train them? Yes. But that’s easy, you can use YouTube and VAsMadeEasy.com for that.
The challenging part about hiring someone young is that you’ll need to be a bit more hands-on with management, at least in the beginning. Most of these kids don’t have real-life work experience, so you’ll have to be clear with your instructions and expectations.
But the great thing about hiring someone young is that they grow with you and your business.
I have worked with my team for over a decade now. I have seen them grow older, get married, and have babies. Even their kids are now working online! Most of my best people were hired young and hungry.
Bianca, Julia’s daughter, works for me during summer break, editing videos. At fifteen, Bianca has more work experience and money in the bank compared to most of her classmates.
(Note: Bianca is not on Onlinejobs.ph. She works for us through her mom. Once she turns 18, she’ll be able to use Onlinejobs.ph on her own.)
She plans to keep doing this every summer break, so can you imagine how skilled she’ll be in a few years?
You can find young, eager, and trainable workers easily at Onlinejobs.ph.
John