Employee Training

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Employee training procedures begin with the orientation of new employees and continue to help them meet the changing skills required by their jobs. IT employees are generally required to have specialized skills that quickly become obsolete, and for this reason they move on to other jobs that may provide the opportunity to acquire new skills. The scope of training is vast and covers an employee as he reports for his first day at work and continues throughout his professional career.

Records of employee training are begun during the initial orientation, and document education, skills, and experience before the employee enters the company. Documentation of all education and training should be kept and archived after the employee's departure from the organization. With this as a basis, future education and training benefiting the employee should be assessed and used, if necessary, to justify the individual's training program from in-house or outside resources.

Mentor Assignment

Sometimes a "personal touch" is a prudent step in employee development. An employee is assigned to a mentor to develop professional skills. The mentor should be positive, personable, someone who can make the employee comfortable about asking questions, and someone very knowledgeable in his area of expertise.

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