How to Manage a Graduate
March 8, 2010 by ProGrad
ProGrad is a graduate recruitment specialist focusing on assessing, placing and training graduates across a variety of industries. Our roles are primarily in the business to business sales and marketing teams of some of Australia’s largest organisations.
Due to the success of this model, we have designed and developed a number of options for other offerings to assist our Clients. We have recognised that Managing Graduates is often an area which companies require assistance with, and we have therefore put together a course which is available to our Client partners. The one day workshop is aimed at managers of our graduates, and offers practical, outcome focused sessions to ensure delegates attending are skilled at managing levels of expectation, providing structure, setting goals and KPIs and managing a motivated environment.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
• Manage graduate expectations around the content of the role, KPIs and role progression
• Align graduate expectations from both parties
• Set clearly defined goals and objectives with your graduate
• Promote high activity levels in a successful, rewarding way
• Provide structure to the graduate, both short term and long term
• Offer a work environment which promotes and supports high activity levels
CONTENT
• Graduate Expectation
Managing expectations around progression levels, incentives, rewards and offering clarity around
your expectation as the manager
• Structure and Time
Providing Structure to your junior employee
Setting the balance for access and time
• Managing Consequences
Dealing with issues internally such as timekeeping, attitude levels, activity
“What’s wrong here” syndrome
• Managing Expectations
Aligning expectations from both parties and ensuring consistent levels of communication
How is this done, and how best to communicate this from day 1 of employment?
• Moving from Altitude to Activity
Setting clear roles and expectations
SMART KPI’s (Structured, measurable, attainable, realistic targets)
Breaking it down into activity levels
Conversion ratios
Setting KPI’ s new business development quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily
• Environment
Managing the environment at work
The value and limitation of Rewards and Incentives
Managing levels of motivation
Weekly Planner
Daily call sheets
Daily goal setting
Tracking KPI’s
For more information about this training course, or any other courses offered by ProGrad, please contact our ProGrad Training Team on 02 8235 8300.
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