It has happened to all of us, expectations are not fulfilled and we wonder why. The truth is, we are responsible for empowering our employees to do their job so they can be successful. We wish new employees were up and running in a blink but we rarely ask ourselves if that is actually feasible.We can’t expect new hires to absorb new pieces of information in a day, it’s not realistic. Employees have to know the scope of tasks that they will perform in their job and it is our responsibility to empower them As a former ESL teacher in Argentina, I’ve supported my students in order to strengthen learning by giving assistance and facilitating their incremental mastery of a concept. On the job site, a similar approach can be applied, where core responsibilities transition from simple to complex, what teachers call the Scaffolding Method. New employees should be able to improve, task after task, becoming proficient. Starting with simple goals so they can experience all the steps in their particular work and manage a trade at a small level. At the same time, they should be involved in a bigger and more important one so they can learn from it.With that said, these are what StructionSite considers important for the onboarding process.
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