Skill and evidence of skill are not the same thing. Those new to the workplace often have lots of skill and not much evidence of that skill. They are paid considerably less than those with more evidence of skill, and that does not always seem fair. Fair or not, that's the way it is done. If employers had a magic Skill Indicator Machine, it would be done differently. But they don't. So there are many young workers with high skill levels who are paid little.
One thing that the young workers who are being paid less than they think they are worth can be told to mitigate their concerns is that there will be a day when they are paid a premium for possessing evidence of skill and not just skill itself. We all find our way to the other side of the divide in time.
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