My second most asked question is, “What type of person should I hire for (fill in the blank) position?” I get asked this for office and field people. The process was slow, but over the months and years things got easier. On a jobsite where machines are moving and progress needs to be made, you cannot wait for a visit from a trainer.
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From that point everything we did was learned by trial and error.
Most of us were trained by someone taking us to the field, or parking lot with a dummy job, and going through the paces to get some basics down. Pause and consider the person you’re training before blasting through a menu you know by heart. That is exactly what the new person at the controller feels like. A common reset I use to make this obvious is to hammer a nail with my non-dominate hand. One of my favorite thoughts when training a new person is that “we all start out as beginners.” After spending some time in the field and encountering your share of problems it’s easy to forget the growing pains.
This is not a “how-to” for all things GPS but rather a linear walk through of the issues surrounding training and eventual competence of a recruit. I will try to go over the process we recommend to our clients that might help you as well. Most of the applicants are younger and computer savvy, why are they so slow to learn? A fair question that begs a deeper dive. In conversations with friends and clients around the country, I am hearing the same story more often: things are busy, and we are hiring.
Hiring, Training and New Hire Integration