Essays on Onboarding

Onboarding is the process by which new employees learn behaviors, skills, attitudes and knowledge required to be effective in an organization (Bieberstein & Lynch, 2005). The onboarding activity is important because there are some companies operating in similar lines but working with similar tastes. I happened to be working at the Medical Countermeasure System, and the onboarding system is as follows. A new employee will first meet the Operations Manager, who sits down with them not regarding their originality. The manager would then take the employees through MCS Employee Handbook. The handbook contains the organization’s chart, information regarding the ...

New Employee Socialization: U.S. EPA New Employee Onboarding Video New Employee Socialization: U.S. EPA New Employee Onboarding Video

The video posted on the popular video sharing website, Youtube, by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can be described to be very intriguing as a new employee socialization video indeed. One of the primary attractions of the video is the engagement of the current employees of the organization who take part in providing a comprehensive description of the formation, functioning and responsibilities of EPA. Another very intriguing aspect of this video in context is the proper explication of the various major successes ...

Health Care Human Resources

In the ever-growing health care market, institutions have to find different ways of filling their ranks, and maintaining them to keep costs down to aiding in the many tasks that need completion. Recruitment is the first step in which the hospital or doctor’s office reaches out by different means of media, to contact those who would fill the position. Many find it standard to post the opening on a job-classified websites, like monster.com, indeed.com, etc. (This gives them the ability to reach out to many at a relative low cost. There is also the use of print media ...

Onboarding is a process of assimilating new employees into an organization and providing them with the necessary knowledge and tools for successfully accomplishing their goals. The process is long and for long-term employees, it should be continuous over a period of time until the employee is fully on board to conduct duties in line with the organization’s culture as explained below (CAL HR, 2012).

Pre-Arrival

Send the employee a welcome letter detailing the necessary information such as benefits, organization chart, their parking information, the name of staff members, and agenda for the first day. Assign an existing employee to ...

Onboarding is a process of integrating new employees into the company to ensure that they contribute effectively towards an organization’s goal. The process should be organized and managed by the human resource (HR) managers. HR managers can use either formal or informal onboarding. In a formal onboarding, there are written policies and procedures that are used to ensure that an employee adjusts to the job (Bauer, 2010). In a case where employees learn on their own about the job without a management plan is known as informal onboarding. The employees gain knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes to align ...

Introduction

The human resources department is one of the most important departments in an organization. Whether in a manufacturing or a service firm, the HRM department is mandated with the responsibility of creating and developing human capital, which is essential in achieving the organizational goals. Essentially, it is instrumental in ensuring that the efforts of the individual members of the organization are aligned to the overall objectives and goals of the organization. Organizations have become dynamic and this has created a need for well selected and trained employees. Organizations are learning of the importance of aligning the human resource management ...

Abstract

Onboarding is an essential HR process that extends for several months after hiring a new employee. Onboarding provides positive outcome in terms of better employee retention, improved process consistency, faster new employee ramp-up, and better acculturation. Ya Ya Kitchen has experienced initial success in its business, but the company is facing a huge problem in quality product and service delivery due to poor employee retention policy. Since Ya Ya Kitchen has no defined HR practices, trying to implement a full scale HR system will not be fruitful. Therefore, the company should first implement a robust onboarding program, which will ...