In the company I work for, anything can happen.
Plans were to train new hires including a day in a local store. Then, I planned on my trainee to do her first interview session.
I did orientation and training but we didn't get to the store. Our boss was supposed to sit in with us but we had an emergency that required his assistance elsewhere.
It almost changed my schedule, too.
This job requires extreme flexibility.
Orientation went well. Three new hires were very anxious to start. I learned that our HR department does part of my work; explaining how to get into the company's employee intranet through e-mails to new hires. I usually spend time showing new hires how to find all the information on the website. I guess I don't have to anymore. But it is one of those things that I didn't know about because I did not get information from corporate. I found out through the new hires.
It took a little longer to complete orientation because I was also training.
When I have two scheduled meetings, I usually start one at 7 am and the other at 11 am. I usually have a break between the meetings. Today, we went from one meeting to the other, with hardly a break.
It was my trainee's turn to do her first presentation. It went well, but I also had to communicate with the boss to see what happened about the emergency we had this morning, while my trainee did her work.
This is one of the many ways I have to multitask during work.
My trainee did pretty well. I told her I liked her stories about work that exemplified policies and the work environment. I gave her some more tips and corrected any policies that she may have mentioned erroneously.
She took the information with the idea that she would go through her notes and review and change anything she felt she needed.
I did the interviews, while she sat in. She gave me information about which people would be good and which ones she had second thoughts. I went from there, hiring those I thought would be good, and asking the ones that didn't do too well, to come back for extra training.
Right now, I am way behind in finding people to hire. Yesterday, I spent a lot of time cold-calling people. I even went back and called people who didn't show up. I had some people refuse the job because of pay.
I somehow knew that the job pay would be a problem in the near future.
Right now, I need numbers. I'm way behind in new hires, but I don't have many people to choose from. Our applicant tracking system barely has 2-4 people filling out applications.
I am afraid that I will be working overtime during Christmas and New Years to get bodies for our office. It will be ok because I am determined to get the bodies we need, and my hours will feel like full-time. It is cutting into my job search, though, which is another thing I was afraid of if I didn't find something by the end of November.
I gave the assignment for my trainee to contact the local colleges online to see how to post job openings for the company. I've hired quite a few people who are going to school, so I need to find people who will be able to fill those missing hours.
We are trying a lot of different ways to find employees.
If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear it.
After our meetings, I trained my trainee to complete the hiring process for her new hires and call them to let them know that their backgrounds went through, to make appointments for orientation, and to finish all forms online. Then we input our office hours and finally went home.
It was a long day filled with planning ahead and more training for tomorrow.
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