‘Employee Orientation (Onboarding)’

Prepared by Amna Ikram

1- Employee Orientation 2- Orientation content 3- Orientation programme 4- Purpose and Advantages of automated onboarding 5- Absence of an effective onboarding program 6- Fun ideas at new hire orientation

Overview

1 Employee Orientation A procedure for providing new employees with basic background information about the firm.

“Should be a sessions, not an

event”“once a month”

2 Orientation Content

- Information on employee benefits- Personnel Policies- The daily routine- Company organization and operations- Safety measures and regulations- Facilities tour

3 Orientation Program❖ Orientation checklist, employee handbook and orientation program.❖ Communicate pride in the company by giving each new employee an item with the

company logo on it.❖ Encourage communication.❖ Encourage new employees to sample the product and or service that the company sells.❖ On a company Intranet, make available to a new hire multimedia such as video and

podcasts that state company's overall strategic goals, talk about company's values, and provide employee testimonials.

❖ Show your new employees a firm video starring the partners, managing partners, other executives whom they may not see on a regular basis. It’ll familiarize them with your firm’s leaders and better acquaint them to the firm culture.

Some ideas to consider, when devising the orientation program:

● The MIND thinks in IMAGES… not WORDS!

● Repetition is Key… Repetition is Key… Repetition is Key.

4 Purpose and Advantages of Automated Onboarding

5 Absence of an effective onboarding program

Miscommunication

Confusion

Poor Performance

Lost Business

Dissatisfied Employees

6 Fun ideas for a presentation at a new hire Orientation

Include Key Employees

Everyone likes stories, invite key employees to orientations to tell their stories.

Ask them to discuss their careers with the company, talking about what they like about their work and what their challenges have been, then offer to be mentors.

QuizzesQuizzes in new-hire orientations add interactivity and introduce some fun.

Have the presenter ask questions about company history, industry facts or other relevant information. Use a buzzer or some noisemaker to indicate wrong answers and keep score.

Use merchandise with the company logo as prizes for the most correct answers.

Matching Games-Include matching games in the new-hire orientation to familiarize new employees with various aspects of company culture. -Have them match names and titles of people in the company. -Post an enlarged organizational chart at the front of the orientation at the beginning, then take it down when the matching games begin.

-Replace it with a board that has employee names on one side and titles on the other, on cards affixed with Velcro or double-sided tape. -Jumble the names and titles on the board, then have new employees take turns trying to match the names with their titles. -Use matching games for other information.

Learning Assignments-Prepare worksheets for new employees to help them learn the company’s key products and services. -Have a space at the top of the worksheet for employees to write in the product or service, and include spaces for description, features, pricing, guarantees or warranties, and typical customers. -Either have key managers come to the orientation to discuss products and services and have new employees take notes on their worksheets, or have completed worksheets for employees as handouts.