A supervisor's job is to oversee a group of employees, ensuring that they are productive and meet company goals. Their responsibilities include:
- Managing workflow: Delegating tasks, creating schedules, and ensuring tasks are staffed appropriately
- Providing feedback: Evaluating employee performance, identifying areas for improvement, and providing constructive feedback
- Training and onboarding: Ensuring new hires understand their roles
- Communicating: Relaying information between their team and upper management, and communicating the company's goals
- Managing issues: Helping to resolve employee issues and disputes
- Reporting: Reporting performance records and evaluations to HR and senior management
- Recommending: Recommending new employees to the human resources team
- Identifying development needs: Identifying development needs for employees and career advancement opportunities