6 Smart Strategies for Successful On-the-Job Training
Posted Feb 22, 2022 in Management
Our industry has been in a personnel crisis for decades and the pandemic has only made finding skilled labor even more challenging. As a result, nearly half of our 2022 Wage Survey respondents are hiring inexperienced workers to fill open positions in their laboratories and pulling out all the stops when it comes to on-the-job training.
Here are six strategies to improve your lab’s in-house training efforts:
1. Offer comprehensive staff orientation. While it can be tempting to sit trainees at the bench on day one, an in-depth overview of your lab and how it functions can help new team members buy into your culture, better understand the big picture and see how their roles impact the rest of the team.
“A proper cultural and informational orientation is critical to ensure the success of the individual,” says Melissa Parziale, HR Director at 133-employee Team Dental Solutions in Sanford, FL. “We believe we can teach any skill...
