Employee training is the best way to build a great culture
Having been in the recruitment business for almost 2 decades, I’ve seen my fare share of people come and go both in various companies. In recruitment, we spend all day reading C.V.’s looking for the various traits that we need for the client.
One of the most important aspects that we look for on a C.V. is where a candidate has previously worked. We don’t do this just to ensure that the candidate has the relevant experience for the role. Most of the time we do it to review that a candidate has the relevant training.
While a university degree is desirable, the best thing that candidates can do for their career is to undertake the relevant training. Most of the time this aspect of the C.V. is overlooked, but in the modern recruiting landscape training goes a long way.
Not only does training go a long way for the candidates on their future endeavours, but training can be the best way to grow your company culture. I’ll explain my thoughts below.
Investing in training ensures quality
Most people that show up at a 9-5 job can make it through their day based on either a) previous experience, or more often than not b) figuring it out on the job. You wouldn’t want the chef cooking the food you eat to have just “figured it out”, so why would you want the same for your employees?
At S2M, we spend loads of time training our staff to ensure they are best equipped for the job, and in turn able to understand the benefit for candidates that having that extra bit of training brings them. I personally believe that without the training programs that we have at our disposal, we wouldn’t be in the privileged position we are in today.
Investing in training shows that you care
By investing in training as a management team, you actively demonstrate to every employee that comes through your doors that you truly care. We’ve been able to train recruiters with little to no experience into superstars, and a lot of the time it’s because they know we care.
If you’re a manager with a high retention rate, ask yourself whether that’s because you hired duds, or if you just didn’t invest enough time and energy into making sure they weren’t duds?
It can be a tough conversation to have, but it’s an important one.
Work in recruitment? Want to take the next step in your career? Contact me through dj@s2p.com.au!
