Training Employees
» Training Employees, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2005
Think of the employees who fill 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:?
5A. (job skill) Managing and organizing.
Response | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Must have when hired | 15 | ||
2 | 26 | |||
3 | 32 | |||
4 | 13 | |||
5 | Learn on-the-job | 13 | ||
6 | Don't need the skill | 2 | ||
7 | DK/Refused | 0 | ||
Total (%) | 101 | |||
N | 368 |
Notes: Fifteen (15) percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) expect that employees in their most skilled job, when hired, will have all the managing and organizing skills they will need (Q#5A).