Employee On-Boarding & Orientation Programs

Introduction

Workforce capacity available to devote to the achievement of its strategies has drawn upon concepts developed in Organizational Psychology. Over the years, and as the concept of training evolution took heights, the concept of development was also introduced, and its application arose in all the careers. However, in today's business, the training is usually provided more in order to let the employee concentrate on his current job. The term training refers to the actions which are aimed at the acquisition or the sophistication of certain tools to perform the functions efficiently. Development refers to education that is received for professional growth. It has no clear or immediate application to the current job of the employee; however, it can facilitate better functioning directly or indirectly to the organization, while also allowing for personal growth.

On boarding, also known as organizational socialization refers to the mechanism through which new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become effective organizational members, and insiders. Tactics used in this process include formal meetings, lectures, videos, printed materials, or computer-based orientations to introduce newcomers to their new jobs, and organizations. An effective training system is the combination of certain elements including the training objectives, and training content, training resources, training date, and time, training methods, training facilities, and equipment, training discipline, and the induction program.



Discussion & Analyses

According to the studies, the word develop is defined as to increase, to give rise to something which is physical, intellectual or moral. Thus, development can be referred to the training activities that allow employees to activate, enhance or inhibit, and reduce those powers which do not have a specific application to a specific job but are useful for the organization, and the individual (Ong, Huang & Farh, 2009). Training and development must become a true management tool, and, therefore, in order to acquire the strategic value to the organization, it must be understood as a systematic and continuous process which is integrated into the organization's strategy.

In the Recruitment Context

Recruitment forms a major part of an organization's overall resourcing strategies, which identify, and secure people needed for the organization to survive, and succeed in the short to medium-term. Recruitment activities need to be responsive to the ever-increasingly competitive market to secure suitably qualified and capable recruits at all levels. To be effective these initiatives need to include how, and when to source the best recruits internally or externally (Radovich, Palaganas, Kiemeney, Strother, Bruneau & Hamilton, 2011). Induction for employees means providing basic information about the history of the company, the information they need to perform their activities satisfactorily. This information includes issues such as payroll, obtaining identification cards, which are the working hours, and the work of the new employee.

People following the induction program learn their duties and responsibilities more quickly. In general we can say that an induction program is successful, it can accelerate the socialization of new employees, and has made positive contributions to the organization. Induction is in reality ...