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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 27, 2015 15:23:13 GMT
I hope for training from the organization, but if they don't have a formal training plan then I figure out who to ask what I need to know and train myself. I'm self trained in many things  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 15:25:39 GMT
I've had jobs like that and hated them - makes me wonder why they don't do a better job keeping up on it either - once I am trained and new people come in I make sure to help them out because I know what it's like to be in that position. Also to the person who said "If someone there has the the time to sit with you for days on end to teach you the job, they could just do it themselves, and your new position would be redundant" is so not true - you may be perfectly trained for the job but don't know the new positions programs/links/systems etc. etc. Nor do you know the people you will be dealing with and so on. If you are a trained nurse and switch floors in the hospital or switch hospitals there is so much to learn and know that have nothing to do with what you have done in the past. Yes you should be trained and trained properly but until then play on on your phone  |
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Post by happymomma on Aug 27, 2015 17:13:24 GMT
In my past jobs, it was never the 'boss' who did the actual training. I was trained by co-workers, and I trained my share of co-workers as well. Quite frankly our Director/Boss/Department Head didn't have the first clue as to how to actually do the jobs. He had his own tasks to do and oversaw things, but had no idea how to run the place hour to hour.
With a new department employee, he would set them up with a co-worker that did a similar job, that co-worker would show the newbie their way around any computer systems used, what tasks got done when, etc.
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Post by marg on Aug 27, 2015 18:20:11 GMT
I've had to train myself at every job I've had. These aren't big corporations either, but small family businesses or non-profits. I get a desk and computer and told where the files are and that's that. I'm a bookkeeper/office admin, so I have my skill sets, and I just figure everything else out that I need to know. I'll ask questions if I'm really not sure, but otherwise I just learn as I go. It's worked well for me so far - the best part being that I've been able to expand my knowledge base and figure out things beyond just the typical parts of my job, and made myself more valuable to the company, in some cases even creating new systems/protocols/etc. that I then am in charge of. It's good for both job security and annual raises, and for building up knowledge and experience if I want to move on.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 27, 2015 20:04:38 GMT
I have one of those jobs with not enough work to do and it sucks. You can only pea so much.
I have found that my coworkers are much better at training me on tasks and giving me work to do than my actual boss. And I'm her executive assistant. But my job could be done in 20 hours a week. Thankfully, I am working on my masters degree so I won't have to be here forever and that gives me work to do in my downtime. At least I'm productive. And then I can devote my evenings and weekends primarily to my kids and DH and not my school work.
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Post by M~ on Aug 27, 2015 22:05:18 GMT
Ok, here was the training my current job provided:
-Let's give you passwords to all our systems
-ALWAYS track your productivity cause our systems are unreliable.
-Let me give you this big fat book on Medicare law + the CFRs
-I'll also give you the online link to the Social Security Act
-Here's a file.
-I'll come back in 2 days, at which time we can discuss how you would rule and why.
-If you have any questions, here's my extension.
-Otherwise, bye!
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