Doing the HR Thing

On Thursdays, Karen and I have the pleasure of working together at MMS. Tuesdays and Fridays Karen works for the MMS Accounting Department but Thursdays she works for me in HR. That's right, on Thursdays the HR staff doubles in size!

The MMS Aviation Human Resources Department

Today Karen spent a good portion of her day updating and troubleshooting an Excel file that I use to track information from the hangar floor. She handled the mission phones; worked through her "HR To Do" folder that I fill during the other 4 days of the work week; logged data from other forms I collect; and stuffed, sealed, and posted a special mailing of 232 pieces for one of our candidate families who'll soon be moving to Coshocton to begin ministry. She managed the mission mailing list, tracked new support, and sent partnership response letters. She also worked closely with Dave, our facilities manager/safety officer/network administrator/groundskeeper/information technology and software guru as he set up an additional workspace for receipting, tied it into the network and linked it to a shared printer. Yes, at a small mission we all wear a lot of hats.

The staff had its ICQC meeting today. The first Thursday of every month we all get together for Information, Communication, Questions, and Comments (ICQC). As part of the meeting I gave a short presentation regarding our project tracking logs, explained the results of the 2010 log summary, and discussed the data collection process for 2011. The guys had some good ideas regarding the form and the process and we'll be moving ahead with what we discussed.

The second and fourth Thursdays of the month I participate in the Senior Management Team meetings (SMT), and occasionally I'll be involved with the third Thursday of the month Training Staff Meetings. Of course every Monday is our Department Head meeting. Would you like to have a meeting, too?

Around the meeting I handled a slew of email, finished the prayer card project for one of our staff families, edited a newsletter for another family, compiled performance review documentation for two of our apprentices (Lord willing I'll administer the reviews next week), ordered a cake (like I said, we wear a lot of hats at MMS) for tomorrow's celebration of Paul Jones completing his apprenticeship, had a short meeting with our CEO, shot photos and blogged for the mission, and reviewed some recruiting related forms and documents.

All in all it was your typical day in HR at MMS Aviation. Thanks for your gifts, prayers, and continued interest as together we prepare people and planes for worldwide mission service.