Add an option to hire an assistant miner, while you are mining the assistant can extract the resources with or for you. Maybe they get a small compensation in the end. This will increase the beginners enjoyment of the game and they get to explore the game faster. They will get inspired to level up when they see the loot that older players are getting.
Dot take it as negativity but I think its bad idea, and I don't think it could be implemented properly...
Just think about it for moment: where would go extracted resource?
1. to hired assistant?
What about security that he will not take all your loot and run?
2. to miner, when he is away from claim?
This would be exploited to safely mine in lootable pvp area.
3. to miner, when he is next to claim?
Then what is the whole point to hire someone else as extractor? They can see awesome loot on screenshots or on Twitch if that's primary reason (plus nobody, or near nobody, would pay some newb to extract while standing next to claim and doing nothing...)
Also who would get skills for extracting and pay extractor decay?
There is loads of issues and I do not think they can be solved in satisfactory way that would justify time and resources spent on them...
For hunting maybe allow new players to transform to mobs and make th drop loot so not all mobs are brain dead zombies. It will make hunting more exciting, and new players will have some fun too.
There are already Creature Control pills that provide exact function.
Again, allowing any new player to do this would lead to exploits in form of alt accounts serving as defense-cost-free mobs...