Why hiring alumni can be a boon for your operation

Retention potential

While Yawn says he doesn’t have statistics to show that alumni hires are more likely to stick around, he sees how that could play out in theory. “For so many, the reason they come back or stay is because they just like the environment,” he says.

Potential drawbacks

One inherent flaw to hiring alumni is their lack of experience at other schools. “Sometimes, when you’re not exposed to other environments, you just don’t have the understanding of how other entities work,” Yawn says. With the goal of assembling a diverse team in mind, hiring alumni is just one piece of the puzzle. “It’s important to have diversity … and one of the ways [to do that] is having people that come from different places and backgrounds and experiences,” he says.