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How to get traders
Your HR deparment continously department continuously scans for candidates, you can see them in the candidate section and decide whether you want to hire one of them. There is a chance of a new candidate appearing every tick.
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Each trader starts with randomized skills in 3 areas: trading, management and productivity. Make sure you assign your trader to market or a building. Only traders that are assigned are gaining experience. There is a chance each tick of the trader getting exprience experience based on the position they are assigned to and the trader talent.
Make sure to visit your trader's screen at least once a day to aplly apply gained XP to the skill you wish your trader to improve.
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lvl 1: Paper Trader: The trader can repost T-0 Coal/Gas/Uranium sell orders until the desired amount is sold
lvl 2: Market Dabbler: The trader can post inventory over desired maximum. So all your extra inventory is sold
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Management
(As you improve the management skill of your trader they become more capable.
lvl 1: Rookie: Can schedule maintenance cycles
lvl 2: Seasoned Supervisor: Can schedule maintenance and upgrade cycles
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Productivity
Traders will impact the building they are assigned to in a strong way.(… will be implemented alter)
Upon reaching lvl 3 productivity, the trader gains ONE of these skills:
Overclocking Overlord: Increase production output by 5% for each productivity level
Efficiency Guru: Decrease input consumption by 10% for each productivity level
Tree Huger: Decrease carbon emissions by 20% for each productivity level
Aging
Your traders will age in time, and retire at some point. But do not worry, they generally last longer then eras and you can keep your traders in-between eras.