Staff training is a big part of the recruitment process. Things don’t stop when you hire someone. They spend time training, learning about the health and safety aspects of your business, shadowing another member of your team and gaining the experience that they need to become a fully competent member of staff, that can work alone, fill a specific role and bring something new to your team. Only after this extensive training is the recruitment process truly complete because only then do you know that you’ve found the right person and that they want to stick with you. 

But, as essential as training is to the recruitment process, whether it’s fleet driver training or teaching someone about customer service, it shouldn’t stop after that initial period. If you want your business to grow and your staff to thrive, training should never stop. 

Things Change

No businesses processes stay precisely the same forever. The ways that we do things change and evolve. New products come to the market, and new inventions change the ways that we work. Calling a team training session can be a great way to show everyone new things, instead of trying to do it with memos and informal chats. 

It Shows That You Care

Excellent staff want to learn and improve. They want to work towards promotions and better themselves. They want you to care about their development. Continuing to invest your time in their progress shows them that you care. 

It’s a Chance for You to Learn

Training shouldn’t only be for your staff. You need to keep learning, as well. The very best managers and business owners know that they need to learn. That they need to spend time refreshing their knowledge, learning from new people and trying new things. Training your staff is a fantastic way to keep your own mind alert and active and an excellent way to remind yourself to learn. To look into new ideas and read new research. 

People Get Complacent

Complacency is something that we are all guilty of. When we’ve been doing the same job for a while or working in the same place for many years, it’s only normal for our standards to start to slide. Those people that were perfectly punctual for the first few years can start being late. The people with perfect presentation begin to turn up messy, and even hard workers grow complacent when things stay the same. Regular training sessions are a brilliant way to polish everyone up. To highlight things that need improvement and to remind everyone of how they should behave. 

Everyone Forgets Things

Why Staff Training Should Never StopYour staff forget things, and so do you. In that early training period, you’ve got a million things that you need to remember to tell them and even with concise training plans, you are bound to forget something. At the same time, your new employee has a lot to take in, as much as they might try they will struggle to retain it all. Regular refresher training, even when nothing has changed, is a way to make sure everything gets said, and everyone remembers what they need to.