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YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AT MMR 29

Your duties are detailed in your job description and will be fully explained to
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you when you commence employment. Because of the changing nature of the reserved.
business, your duties and responsibilities will inevitably vary and evolve.

INDUCTION

TEAM BUDDY
Having a “buddy” at work can
make a huge difference to the
speed at which new recruits PROGRAMME
manage to settle into the role, the
department and the organisation. All new staff will receive an induction
Each new starter will be paired training programme which will
with a team buddy who will be incorporate a series of meetings during
responsible to provide information their first few weeks. The purpose of
and informal support.
the Induction Programme is to ensure
new staff gain a clear understanding of
the various parts of the business, and
how different departments within the
Group interact with one another.
MANAGING &

APPRAISING PERFORMANCE

New staff are appraised by their Line Manager every 3 months during their first year.
The performance review meeting is an opportunity to assess past performance, and identify
future responsibilities/activities by setting new or adjusting objectives. It is also the time
to agree a training and development plan for the following 6 - 12 months.

MENTORING SCHEME

SKILLS BOOKLETS MMR offer an internal mentoring program which
covers three key areas; One-to-one for career
development, peer to peer and goal orientated. All
employees may request to take part in this
scheme, as a mentor or mentee, which is to be
Skills Booklets are competency frameworks agreed by their line manager. Mentors and
that highlight the core behaviours, skills mentees will be matched by HR, who will also set
and competencies expected of staff at program goals, monitor progress and provide
each level in each department. New training opportunities as required.
employees will be issued with a Skills
Booklet which will help them benchmark
performance and identify training and
development needs.

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