The small business owner needs to impart additional skills and experience to new graduate hires, as they are not assimilating well. Suggestions include pairing new hires with mentors for a period of time to provide on-the-job training, and creating an intern program to give students experience before hiring. Another option is to embed employees as instructors in universities to help identify and recruit promising students who will be better prepared for the workplace.

1. A small business owner with many years of experience in the tech sector needs a way to
Impart attributes and abilities beyond those gained through a traditional educational experience because
Graduate hires are not assimilating well into or contributing to an organizationally mature technical company
What's Obvious Variations of the Obvious 5 year olds solution Unlimited Budget No Budget Omnipotent
Create on the job training capabilities Pair new hires with mentors for a period
of time
Put an experience chip in their
brain
Start a training academy Have a more broad range of
people interview employment
candidates
Look into the background of every graduating
student and identify those that have applicable
experience
Create an intern program that provides an
opportunity to provide experience - hire the
most promising
Identify jobs that college kids usually
take that may provide applicable
experience - hire those with similar
experience
Training through hypnosis Hire 10 times the people you need and
only keep the best
Identify what makes an
employee successful
Identify students that have the innate skills to
succeed.
Find educational programs that provide more
experiential opportunities for their students
Only hire non traditional students that
have had some applicable experience
Training through osmosis Hire away the best experienced people
from other companies
Promote and publicize
successful qualities
Share knowledge and experience through a
Vulcan mind meld
Don’t hire fresh graduates Only hire people who have had industry
experience
Make kids go to work half the
day with their parents then to
school have the day every day
Send all fresh graduates to a "finishing
school" that teaches them how to
transition into the work world
Share stories of successful
employees with new hires
Put each new employee into the shoes of each
departments model employee for a period of
time.
Clearly define and evangelize org mission,
standards and beliefs through all possible means
so there is no question of the company goals,
expectations and standards
Identify more quickly students that do
not possess the qualities and abilities to
succeed
Make everything at work really
easy
Send new hires to the best companies
to have them train them and cut their
teeth for you
Give new employees a pill that contains the
wealth of knowledge and experience of the
entire organization as part of orientation
Provide experience and attribute requirements
to recruiting agencies
Have new hires job shadow all
departments before they are assigned
to a team or department
Only hire smart people Pay interns like real employees When new employees make a mistake or miss
an opportunity allow them to roll back time to
try again
Put new hires in situations where they can
succeed
Create a desirable corporate culture to
attracts the most desirable candidates
including seasoned vets
Don’t let dumb people work in
your company
Have the coolest office in the best cities
and offer best of class salaries and
benefits to attract the best people
Improve employees ability to recognize and
assimilate desired qualities and abilities
Don’t give employees too much responsibility
too early
Provide experience and attribute
requirements to schools and universities
Make work like a video game -
reward experience points
Heavily incent new hires for following
corporate culture
Simulate scenarios where people can gain
experience
Reward and promote employees who have
achieved and are models of success
Incent Schools as recruiters for the
placement and longevity of employees
Create summer camp that new
employees can go to
Recruit nation wide and internationally
and relocate the best candidates
Create a perfect employee robot fleet that all
new employees can be teamed with to learn the
ropes
Make successful employees teachers or trainers
of new recruits
Employee swap with other related but
non competing industries - business
partners as training opportunities?
Get an app for that Open and run a business that the
company serves as a first hand way gain
industry experience - Make new hires
work there
Flash a warning in the employees mind right
before they make a miss step giving them a
chance to self correct
Build training/experience overhead into budget Imbed employees as instructors into
schools and universities to identify,
shape and recruit promising students
Find a video or TV channel that
can teach them what they need
to know
Pay employees to train or work outside
of standard work hours to gain
experience faster
Interview employees that are successful
in your organization to understand their
path to success
Enlist mentors from successful affiliates
or capital partners - pay or reciprocate
as needed
Most Practical: Pair new hires with mentors for a period of time - This does have a financial impact but I think it is the least disruptive
and may provide the quickest most direct impact. The program could call for side by side mentoring for a 3 month period and less
direct interaction for another 3 months.
Most Disruptive: Give new employees a pill that contains the wealth of knowledge and experience of the entire organization as part
of orientation. This would be a huge game changer!
Favorite: Imbed employees as instructors into schools and universities to identify, shape and recruit promising students.
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