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As a senior within a work place, when you get junior staff, especially graduates, please allow them to learn. What is basic to you could be hugely overwhelming to them. So don& #39;t ridicule them when they can& #39;t understand what you consider basic.
The first time I ever looked at an actuarial model, hey my mind didn& #39;t understand a thing. There were a million formulas there that I didn& #39;t get. Everything was just confusing. Now I look at the same model, it& #39;s very normal. But that& #39;s because my seniors allowed me to learn.
It& #39;s not that the grad is dumb or anything, but this is new to them. Being in a workplace, new people etc, they& #39;re just trying to find their feet. So allow them to make mistakes, politely correct them and most importantly, applaud them when they do well.
And no it& #39;s not baby sitting but every new part of life comes with new challenges. They& #39;ve been in Varsity for 3-6 years mostly and they& #39;re entering a new territory. A territory where they at times don& #39;t even know what to expect.
When I started working, it was group life insurance. Everything happened so fast. I knew very little about group life insurance then. But I was allowed to learn, given content to read, asked questions. I was corrected where I was wrong and applauded where I did right.
This gave me a lot of confidence and made me believe the that I could do it. Sooner or later, my seniors were passing work to me, projects and I was able to do it albeit with errors. All this time they were allowing me to learn and never been ridiculed for a mistake but corrected
There is a huge difference between correcting and ridiculing someone. When you ridicule them, especially as a grad, they lose confidence, the desire to learn and they& #39;d be scared to even ask you for help. This affects their growth and that& #39;s the worst thing for a grad.
Also at varsity, we learn a whole bunch of stuff. Not everything we learn there is entirely applicable and as a senior, it& #39;s your job to help guide them correctly. Some of the stuff we learn would need to be reignited because we may forget it.
