IT directors would prefer to hire computing graduates
and spend money on training them rather than buy-in experienced
contractors, a roundtable discussion has revealed.
Despite the high cost of training, graduates offer better value
for money and are more effective than temporary staff, IT directors
from leading organisations concluded at the recent discussion.
“Graduates are by far and away the best employees, contractors
are the worst. Graduates are very creative and they want to get
on,” said Paul Spencer, head of development for Snowdrop
Systems.
The cost of training a graduate is equivalent to a month’s
salary for a contractor. And unlike contractors, who are often
unwilling to work in new ways, graduates are flexible and can take
the initiative, he said.
John Durham, head of IT at Innocent Drinks, said that he felt
his company was losing out on talent because it did not have the
resources to take on graduates and train them.
“I would like to get people out of college and invest the time
to develop them. I am up for that. We are losing out on a whole
opportunity,” he said.
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