Recruitment and dismissal policy

Revision as of 03:20, 7 May 2012

Interviewing

Only recruit people who are SWAN:

1. Smart
2. Work hard
3. Ambitious (or Achievement oriented)
4. Nice

• Results/outputs expected
• Achievements
• Honest
• Hardworking
• Positive
• Open-minded
• Focussed
• Optimistic

Communication

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Interview for

Result orientation Sense of urgency Probe past performance Ask 'how do u mean?' Transferrability Self-selection Why want to work for us? This Q is the best loyalty predictor Then, if we want them, sell role & value they contribute to company & customers Phone references/would u hire again? Thank you 4 time & anything else I should know?

New starters

Start reduced & increase @ 90 days Start them right, start them strong: Big early workload to start hardworking Motivation probs come from lack of direction & not knowing what's expected of them Satisfy their key needs

. Dependence (belonging/family)
. Independence (recognition)
. Interdependence (team/social)

Praise immediately/specifically/regularly Criticisms must be appropriate/constructive/once - don't drag things up repeatedly

Inductions

Office Items (from Lisa)

• health & safety, exits, security locks, etc
• basics - loos, kitchen, tea/coffee, etc
• working arrangements – working hours, reporting lines (line-manager Opey, dotted line Lisa for office related), sickness reporting, lateness reporting, annual leave request policy, receipted expenses

• First Aid can be found on the shelf on the rear wall of the office

Information Governance (from James)

• Importance - HMRC's missing CDs fiasco, years of govt bad press, top-level politics. More than 'just policies', compliance has a direct and critical commercial impact on us.
• Run through IG training script
• Record that training has been delivered, as per IG training script

Practical Items (from Thanh)

• boot passphrase (whole-disk encryption), laptop login, admin user

 c:\cypher\<name>
 c:\cypher\shared

• location of Truecrypt disks, passphrase
• email address, Thunderbird, signature – xyz@cypherit.co.uk
• address book (copy from support until we have LDAP fully sorted)

Communication (from James)

• Todo list – where located, visibility, etc
• Allwaysync & sync policy
• Emailing - cc'ing support, admin, Opey, Marco

Radiology background knowledge (from Thanh)

• modalities + what the images look like
• systems: PAS->RIS->PACS
• internal workflow acquisition thru reporting
• external workflow (sharing) – ties in with bbRad
• archival (long term storage) – ties in with exoPACS & Transition Service

Products (very overview from James; then again from Opey, referring to website collateral)

• Data Migration/Transition Service
• exoPACS – new focus
• bbRad – bread & butter renewals
• zeroWeb - reducing cost of sale

Business objectives (from Opey)

• Company message - Simplify Workflows.
  • Simplify for hands-off operation - time-cost, cash-cost, scalability 2x, 10x...
• Strategy
  • Current Problem, Policy Approach, Tangible Action Points
  • Point of maximum leverage; all the wood behind the arrow.
• Protect renewals - support
• Cost of Sale & scalability - work on new income
• TS now; zeroWeb long term