Hello and thanks for taking a few minutes with us today here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I\u2019m Marty and today I\u2019d like to expand a bit on The Hiring process, well really more on our side of the hiring process or why and how we\u2019re reaching out to the company for a position and explore our expectations. In a bit we\u2019ll be speaking with a New Hire about his new position, how he arrived at it, how it\u2019s going and get his thoughts regarding opportunities or frustrations that come with that first week on the job!
\nYou know we may just be looking for a job or a paycheck, I hope we\u2019re looking for more, a position, advancement and a Career but hey, we all have bills and we have to work to pay those bills so this isn\u2019t a bad thing really. I feel if we go into a job with a plan we\u2019ll be much more successful much quicker and I think we\u2019ll be much happier and enjoy our position and look forward to going in every day! I think we should be planning our advancement and promotion strategy right from the start, really before we even get the job!
\nWe all belong to many more networks than we realize, I mean we have our Friends, and their friends, maybe we have church members or outside sports activities with our children and the team\u2019s parents, even all our social media friends. A lot of these relationships are local, meaning someone will know something about a company we\u2019re interested in. Many times, we can find out something about the management team, how things are ran and what others think about them before we ever even apply for a position there. We might even meet someone that works there already. Remember it\u2019s all about doing our research and planning.
\nAnother important thing, I think it\u2019s better to approach an interview with the mindset of what we can bring to the company, not necessarily what the company can do for us. We don\u2019t want to go in all arrogant and pushy but I think it\u2019s good for us to be confident and honest with what we can do & make sure we get our work ethics across to them & let the interviewer know we\u2019re committed to the position.
\nAlso remember we carry some of the responsibility for getting and keeping our new job right from the start. We should be taking our Resume, the phone interview, our face to face interview and our company orientation seriously. As we\u2019ve discussed if our Recruiter or later in the process our Supervisor or Manager hasn\u2019t answered all of our questions we need to start asking those questions to get our answers!
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\nThree weeks ago with Episode 38 Applied & Hired \u2013 Communicate & Success we spoke with Rodrigo a little about changing jobs and how important it is to give a new job a chance or opportunity. We discussed a few of our responsibilities regarding getting the information we need to be successful and communicating any concerns and frustrations with our supervisors and managers & stay on our career path & goals plan. Our Facility Orientation should prepare us and inform us of the processes and procedures that will help make us successful. I find that occasionally, maybe due to workloads or even skills or possibly just our expectations our management team may not leave us with or convey that welcoming and fulfilling orientation we need or feel we need. I think it then falls on us to ensure we ask those questions, and know what questions to ask, so we can stay on our course and our path and there\u2019s absolutely nothing wrong with that, our managers will appreciate us being involved and engaged with our position.
\nWe have Nathan on the phone with us today, Nathan\u2019s just been hired on and accepted a position at a large Distribution Facility. Hopefully we\u2019ll be visiting with him over the next several weeks and he\u2019ll be sharing his experiences with us here.
\nNathan, Welcome to WAOC, we appreciate you visiting with us Sir!
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\n1.)\t So share a bit about your background and work history with us if you could?