Wilson PonInduction
July 2nd 2008 23:20
Induction
How long will you spend on the induction process for a new employee?
Should employee induction in the 21st century should be a year long process?
After spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars advertising and countless hours on interviews and background checks your new employee reports for work on their first day. What induction processes will you use? How long will you spend on the induction process?
Most readers will be familiar with or have had experience with a very brief, cursory induction that might last just one or two minutes. The writer had short lived work experience with one national retail chain who provided no induction or job description.
Employee induction in the 21st century should be a year long process. The first day is obviously critically important but it will take a full year for a new employee to learn the culture of a new organisation. How does the organisational culture evolve over a calendar year? How are holidays scheduled? How are major successes celebrated? What happens and what are the expectations at the Christmas party? Probably every month of the year will provide some new and unique learning experience.
The induction goal should be to facilitate the new employee becoming a productive and useful member of the organisation both in the short run and in terms of long range potential.
New staff should be made to feel welcome to the business right from the outset, and special consideration should be given to their questions and needs until they become familiar with day to day procedures.
The recruit should be made comfortable working with the rest of the team and be ready to contribute results as soon as possible.
Training based on the Job Description should be an important part of the Induction period. Further Training in learning about the company’s products and systems is part of the Induction process.
The writer is the author of a range of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MA NUALS
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How long will you spend on the induction process for a new employee?
Should employee induction in the 21st century should be a year long process?
After spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars advertising and countless hours on interviews and background checks your new employee reports for work on their first day. What induction processes will you use? How long will you spend on the induction process?
Most readers will be familiar with or have had experience with a very brief, cursory induction that might last just one or two minutes. The writer had short lived work experience with one national retail chain who provided no induction or job description.
The induction goal should be to facilitate the new employee becoming a productive and useful member of the organisation both in the short run and in terms of long range potential.
New staff should be made to feel welcome to the business right from the outset, and special consideration should be given to their questions and needs until they become familiar with day to day procedures.
The recruit should be made comfortable working with the rest of the team and be ready to contribute results as soon as possible.
Training based on the Job Description should be an important part of the Induction period. Further Training in learning about the company’s products and systems is part of the Induction process.
The writer is the author of a range of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MA NUALS
Your text goes here
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