Jeff Whiting: April 2008 Archives
Visit Y-Talk to hear Ken Whiting interviewed by Bea Fields addressing challenges and opportunities associated with Generation Y! WAVES for Success provides the solutions associated with the challenges in hiring today's teens. WAVES for success has employed more than 5000 teens in over 50 years. Ken Whiting, creator of the WAVES for Success system for improving workplace performance, also a professional speaker, has spent nearly 30 years, in the trenches, managing his family's food service business at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
- First days can be ruined if unplanned.
- Have new hires meet as many team members the first few days as possible.
- Pair up new hires with a personable and friendly employee so they can make a new friend on their first day.
- Make sure you sincerely compliment them a few times throughout the day.
- Ask yourself; is their first day going to lead to their first year or the next applicant?
