Hiring Employees & Interns for a Machine Shop!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2022
- Let's have a candid talk about how we at SMW find and hiring employees and interns. What has worked well - and what hasn't. Where do we find employees? How do we conduct interviews? What do we expect from employees but - equally as important - what does SMW offer them!
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One thing I would recommend you to consider is the adage "never hire a relative or in-law. " That is a very good way to destroy the morale of a company and ultimately the company as well.
I graduated from a VoTech in 2016 having been through their Machine Tool program. I was working at a 3D Printer manufacturing company and going to school at night. I am also a single father and was juggling raising my very young daughter by myself during this time. After graduation, no one wanted to hire me except for late evening and overnight shifts, and I could not do that. I found an unpaid position on a Saturday with a job shop. I had to travel 160 miles round trip between bringing my daughter to my ex's and going to the machine shop so I could learn. Covid killed that training. I am still at the job I had when I went to school. Currently I am refurbing an Emco PCTurn 120 so I can learn more than being a button pusher. I will then work on finding a mill to work on so I can learn that. Even if I never earn a living as a machinist, I will not stop trying to learn the trade. No one can tell me I can't do it if I don't give them the chance to.
Thanks, John. Before retiring, helped clients hiring/manage using personality assessments for 20 years. Define behavioral & cognitive requirements of the job. Find applicants whose cognitive agility and innate behaviors are a match to the job. Generally, the most successful machinists are technically-oriented vs. socially and more process-oriented than not. Stated simply, put people in jobs that ask them to behave naturally. Major Indianapolis toolco (subject of a NYC CNC video) is a decades-long client. Note: I'm retired. Not selling anything. Get the data and take some of the mystery out of the hiring process.
Hey John, thought I'd share my hiring story in case anyone else here is just getting into the field.
John, it was super rad running into you at IMTS, Can we get a video on LEX? I'm kiiiinda familliar with it from listening to the podcasts but I think you've left us behind a little bit.
I've hired over 100 people over the years. One thing that I find very helpful in an interview process is to ask the candidate to present one project. Seeing what project they pick, what issues they highlights and how they solved it will tell you a lot more than questions like "tell me your strength and weakness"
You almost launched into a discussion of what I'll call Industrial Hygiene: the disciplines of work space organization, record keeping and team support. Great to hear of your internship programs.
Thanks John,I think I should send this video to my boss,he was farming for almost 40 years with just one employee and then he started a business, with a lot of money and spending tons of money on strange people,..he is old school,I'm thinking more like u do,and that's how I try to tell him, he is starting to listen more and more
I’m definitely not a good employee right now. My boss is great but I had an injury earlier this year which has greatly limited my capacity. Fingers crossed I fully recover to a point to where I can really “pay it back” so to speak to my employer.
I was recently involved in a heated exchange with my trainer I am essentially an apprentice machinist newly hired. I am going to use those three questions you mentioned at the end of your video to ascertain feed back. I was heartbroken and ready to walk out but I really want to complete my apprenticeship and make myself, the company and my trainer proud.
Keep up the good work John 👏
Excellent video. I just interviewed someone for my company this past weekend. Seemed like a very nice person. He was all about telling me "why I could not do what I have been doing" since 1989 when I started my company, because he had "worked in my professional field" but had not expanded his skill sets in many, many years. Basically, How do you do that? "You can't do that". "I have never heard of that" . John S., you had some great information to share for people who do not feel they have limits to what they can do. Learn, what they do not know RIGHT now. Accomplish new challenges and grow into what your firm needs! Thanks.
Excellent thoughts. Thanks for sharing and keeping us sharp.
Thanks for this video. Our company is growing and I think in the next year or two we might need to hire our first employee or intern. It's a great problem to have. Thank you for the advice in this video. Much appreciated.
Id love to see a video on your testing process to see if they can do the job..
Well it's not Machine Shop related, but this video is perfect timing! I'm in the process of taking over my father's landscaping company and I have been thinking a lot about how I'm going to handle hiring, training and company culture. I expect the turnover rate to be fairly high, so I'll be trying to take the "McDonald's" approach. Thank you for all of the content you share, it is so helpful for small business owners, keep up the awesome work.
Man I would thrive in your shop for so many reasons! I want to come visit someday.
this video gives me hope to eventually get a really cool job(im 17 and still in a higher tecnical college)
Thanks for the Video!
I was once an intern. even though I got the internship through a college, I was very disappointed with the training quality and treatment I got. This was most likely due to the shop owners having no cohesion or the program presenting any agreement as to what the training path would be or what the intern expectations were.