Training Employees
» Training Employees, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2005
Think of the employee who fills the most skilled job.
On a scale of one-to-five, where “1” means the employee MUST have such job skills when hired and “5” means you expect the employee to learn them on the job, what skills do you expect the employee to have when hired? If they do not need a skill for the job, just say so. How about:?
5F. (job skill) Occupational skills, such as cooking for a chef or carpentry for a carpenter.
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Must have when hired | 30 | ||
| 2 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Learn on-the-job | 20 | ||
| 6 | Don’t need the skill | 10 | ||
| 7 | DK/Refused | 1 | ||
| Total (%) | 99 | |||
| N | 368 | |||
Notes: Thirty (30) percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) expect that employees in their most skilled job, when hired, will have all the occupational skills they will need (Q#5F).
