Your most valuable business
asset is your people. Providing opportunities for staff to upskill,
extend themselves and gain higher qualifications not only provides
some insurance against skill shortages but also has a positive
influence on staff rentention rates.
The challenge for employers
is to maintain normal operations while still providing time for
training opportunities. With effective use of
distance learning, on the job training and coordination of scheduling
it is possible to minimise the impact of training on normal
operations.
RDF can provide a training coordination service including
training plans, assessment of prior learning towards NZQA credits and
support and encouragement for trainees.
Contact us for more information.
Dealing with cultural diversity
For some employers
they have no option other than to recruit suitable staff
from overseas. The lifestyle and relative security of New Zealand are
quite attractive and many people are taking the opportunity of a new
start by relocating themselves and their family. However certain
issues require addressing to ensure a smooth integration into a new
living and working environment.
- Orientation and pastoral support
Setting up a new life in a
new and strange place can be very stressful. Even a trip to the
supermarket is a whole new experience. It is important that adequate
support is provided to an employee and their family as they progress through
various stages of adjustment.
Contact us to find out how RDF can assist in this process.
- Cultural diversity in the workplace
Even employees coming from
other western countries will have a different perspective on
how things should be done. If
managed effectively these differences can be a positive
addition to your workplace culture.
RDF offers a "Managing Cultural Diversity" seminar, in addition to
being available to consult on specific issues that may have already
arisen within your workplace.
Contact us for further information.
In
many sectors of New Zealand business and industry there is a growing
shortage of skilled workers. There are effectively only two responses
to this issue.
