New Hire Experience
Onboarding new employees requires more than just processing paperwork and completing checklists for new hires. True onboarding involves making sure employees learn the culture and accepted practices of your organization, and have the information they need to be effective in their roles. This information comes from two primary efforts—training and socialization.
Training and Socialization
Providing job and organizational training enhances the enculturation process for new employees. Training can involve formal classroom opportunities or can occur when new employees work with a more experienced colleague or assist in manageable portions of larger projects.
Socialization involves introducing new members to the culture and to the accepted practices of the organization, division or business unit they now belong to. The development of shared understanding of your organization’s formal and informal structures and processes can include informal mentoring programs, providing relevant contact and structural information and helping new employees build their organizational network.
Regardless of where your organization stands in onboarding new employees, the importance of a successful enculturation process should not be overlooked. Potential benefits that an effective enculturation process has in onboarding new employees include:
- Increased Retention
- Increased Productivity
- Increased Engagement
These benefits should justify the need to examine ways your company can improve its training and socialization efforts.