Welcome On Board! How Enterprises Can Onboard New Employees Better

Onboarding formalities vary from one institution to another; one company may prefer to use a structured and a systematic process, another one allows employees to learn on their own the responsibilities and customs of the organisation. Most times, new employees won't experience the second version as an onboarding at all. 

Therefore, a process, through which new workers assimilate essential skills, knowledge and experience to become competent members of an organisation, will be preferable. Some of the techniques human resource department uses to orientate the workers, include lectures, tutorials or formal meetings to familiarise the new employee with the daily activities of the company. Naturally, an effective training will lead to a higher job satisfaction, performance, and causes a reduction of work transition stress. 

Essential Onboarding Tools 

Tools such as Process Street, Microsoft Project, Fluxday, TaskBoard and others are examples of critical programs that assist in the management of new employee onboarding in an organisation. The software can be used to automate checklists, which makes data processing fast and straightforward. 

Common Mistakes to Avoid During Onboarding 

One of the common mistakes most organisations make is failing to start the onboarding process in time. The activity should kick off before the first day of work to prepare the employees on job transition. Most employers also neglect to enhance effective communication between the new workforce and the existing personnel, by ignoring to introduce or to put someone in charge of orienting the workers to their offices. 

Another frequent mistake employers make is unpreparedness to accommodate new staff in the workplace. The human resource department should ensure that the employees have the necessary equipment, system logins and identification cards before they commence the job. 

In some cases, the employer may give the employee many documents to fill on their first day of work, which can cause frustration for the new worker. Making onboarding processes user-friendly, requires the organisation to come up with an online program that allows the person to provide the information at the convenience of their home.