Developing Employees for Future Success
Employee development is crucial to the longevity of a business. It is one thing to recruit talented
individuals, but it is another to mold them into the future of the organization which is essentially the
purpose of a new hire. The costs involved in training a new employee is an investment in the future
viability of the company. It is at this point, the very beginning of a person’s career with this new
institution that is most detrimental to their future contribution to the company. Proper a#ention and
care should be placed in training the individual on a professional and personal level that will fully allow
the person to grow into their role and future roles within the organization and throughout their career as
a whole.
Development isn’t necessarily geared for present jobs. Sure, the present is just as important
since an understanding of an individual’s present responsibilities is crucial to the advancement of the
person’s role in the future; however, as time progresses, there has been a signi&cant shi’ in the amount
of different companies a person will work at during the course of their career. Very rarely do we see
people who stick with the same company for the duration of their productive life currently. With
technology advancing at an ever increasing rate, people are feeling the push out of the workforce as
machines continue to take the jobs of workers. In addition, labor prices are unequally distributed across
the globe ushering in the era of outsourcing. In response to these challenges, workers are aiming to
create a version of them that is geared towards being marketable. This means that rather than forming
lasting bonds with companies, workers are more focused on gaining new skill sets that will allow them to
further their career in case of an unexpected termination .
With this information in mind, how do you begin to develop new hires? The answer is a
combination of four factors. Firstly you have interpersonal relationships built among coworkers, peers,
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and leadership within a &rm. As with other aspects of life, a solid foundation of trust and a good rapport
with the individuals that you will be working with is extremely important to an organization. Cohesion is
important to the a#ainment of goals set forth by an institution. Next you have formal education that is
encouraged by a company. Since the downturn of the economy nearly a decade ago, more and more
