What do successful organizations know about handling and retaining new hires that you don\u2019t? Why is new hire training so critical to an organization? Let\u2019s redefine the role of the HR department.<\/p>\n
Think: talent management. When an employee is hired, the HR is aware their strength and how critical it is to the organization. The hire was a logical result of a gap in talent. An effective HR department knows the monetary value of talent and how it will help fulfill the organizational strategy and KPIs.<\/p>\n
The employee onboarding training<\/a><\/strong> is not your regular \u201corientation\u201d program<\/strong><\/a>. It is one of the most important eLearning content the employee will work through while in your organization. The approach to building onboarding training is the first line of defense in retaining talent within the company.<\/p>\n It\u2019s like putting \u201cthe best foot forward\u201d, or impressing the new hire to make them feel \u201clucky\u201d to belong to your organization. It\u2019s a careful mix of motivation, organization culture and business process. Onboarding training is all about inspiration. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the potential of your eLearning portal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The modern workforce is diverse in terms of ethnicity, geographic distribution and telecommuting. Employees are hired as part-time, full-time and as contractors. Each type requires its own onboarding training.<\/p>\n A good first impression is the key to help new employees ease into the new work environment. Use your eLearning portal to create a memorable onboarding training that successfully helps each participant make a smooth cross-over. Bear in mind that you want to engage the new employee, acquire their complete potential and actualize themselves professionally and personally. It is also a guidance and feedback on any questions new employees may have about a situation or place.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look into these\u00a08\u00a0effective onboarding training developments in the eLearning environment:<\/p>\n Not knowing your learner while planning your onboarding training is not a fun position to be in. When designing any eLearning material, learner analysis is a must. Use the known learning styles of adult learners to guide you. Accommodate these needs by integrating visual, audio and interactivity.<\/p>\n Another way to ensure flexibility in design is to organize the content into independent modules. This will enable the learner to navigate through the course as they desire. A structured (especially lengthy) first eLearning will unintentionally set the tone for the upcoming trainings! Embed from you organization\u2019s learning curriculum, several work and life philosophies. Show-off your popular courses, while arranging everything in an easy to navigate manner. In other words, give the learner the feeling that they are in control of their learning material.<\/li>\n What is the core objective of an onboarding training program? Selling your brand, boasting about your latest product, talking about the ongoing research and development, press coverage and awards and any humanitarian recognitions. How can you do that clearly?<\/p>\n Hook the new hires right from the very beginning. Don\u2019t make them question their judgment on accepting your offer! Include these 3 Bs\u2019 in your onboarding training:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n NOTE: It\u2019s all about emotional tagging within the training material!<\/p>\n – Welcome the new hires. Make them feel comfortable and belong to your organization from the start.<\/li>\n – Encourage them to believe in your positive values as a business and be proud to be working for you.<\/li>\n – Demonstrate instances of desirable behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Create a sense of positive reception for the learner. They should feel accepted already. Promote positive messages about the organization in personal growth, family and work balance, educational support, best practices and \u201cinsider tips\u201d on how things work. Establish a clear list of expectations both from the organization and the learner. Show them a clear path to success.<\/li>\n The human-touch is even more critical in the eLearning platform than before. Onboarding training should not be an exception. Narrate real-life stories (horror or inspiring) using images (from willing employees) to show how expectations were actualized and the situation was resolved (or lessons learned if not resolved).<\/p>\n Honest stories like these create a sense of comfort and alleviate any feelings of strict conformance or coercion. Use testimonials from senior managers, on how they started out in the organization and what they did to be successful.<\/li>\n Junior employees or recent hires can tell relatable stories that resonate with the learner. An honest approach that reveals some surprising details create a sense of belonging. Narrating the real story of the organization is similar to sharing a secret with a new friend. It promotes trust and inclusion. It warms up learners and prepares them for a positive attitude towards peers and performance. Connect new hires with existing employees to prove that they are not alone and that help is a phone call or a door-knock away. Other helpful connection strategies include:<\/p>\n Compliance and standards could have been one of the first topics to talk about. Refrain the urge. While these are significant to an onboarding training, consider saving the best for the last. Also, the beauty of flexible, modular design of this training will enable the new hire to visit this section when they want to. Consider these tips:<\/p>\n Prepare the last section for basic information. New hires will still have a lot on their mind!<\/p>\n Design this special eLearning course with extra care. Bear in mind the anticipations and hesitations of the new hire. Work towards building trust and positive commitment. The good news is that you can incorporate all using a plethora of content development and delivery features available in the eLearning environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What do successful organizations know about handling and retaining new hires that you don\u2019t? Why is new hire training so critical to an organization? Let\u2019s redefine the role of the HR department. Think: talent management. When an employee is hired, the HR is aware their strength and how critical it is to the organization. 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