Buddy (from English "friend", "pal") monitors the student's work in conditions of equality. With its help, the company receives objective feedback on the level of program effectiveness and on the assimilation of knowledge by employees. Buddying is used to adapt new top managers.
It is worth considering that it is much more difficult to correct the work of an intern in this case, since the "buddy" has the same rights as the student. Because of this feature, budding specialists must have a number of important skills. Feedback is formed on the basis of unbiased judgments about the problem, emphasizing the student's achievements and recommendations for improving work efficiency.
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Shadowing
Not the most common, but components of a job seekers database nevertheless an effective way of training. The trainee closely observes the work of a more experienced employee for some time, goes to negotiations with him and takes on the simplest tasks. At the same time, the student asks questions to learn more about his profession.
Shadowing is often used to prepare an employee before he or she takes up an administrative position. In addition, this method can be used to train inexperienced employees. Shadowing helps to increase the motivation of staff to master the profession and help newcomers objectively assess their skills.
Rotation and secondment
The first is the process of moving employees from one department/division to another. Secondment is a type of rotation, an exchange of employees between organizations. These methods allow staff to develop skills and knowledge that they would not be able to obtain at their current place of work. For example:
skills used in everyday life, for the development of which the company cannot find a suitable specialist from its own staff;
skills required by staff due to the expansion of the organization.
Secondment differs from regular rotation in that the employee is transferred to another structure for a period of time, rather than to another department of the same organization. In this case, personnel exchange usually occurs between companies from different spheres (commercial, state enterprises, small local companies, schools, charitable associations).
This method is especially useful for organizations with a flat structure, where there is no opportunity for the full development of specialists. The exchange period may vary - from 100 hours of work time to 1 year. Any type of employee (managers, specialists, technical staff, etc.) can be "seconded".
As a rule, the organization that sent the employee to another structure transfers his salary. The money can be taken from different budgets: for training and development of personnel, for communication with government agencies (if he is "assigned" to