Management: Young Staff - Question of attitude

Many nurseries recognise the value of employing young, inexperienced staff and know how to get the best out of them. As one nursery manager puts it, 'They don't come pre-conditioned by anybody else. You can instil your own values in them'. But inevitably there is a lot to learn for new entrants. According to Karen Frost, development manager at Long-acre Childcare in Kent, an important lesson about the working world is that it usually involves a change of habits -...