Proficient employees are instrumental in the realization of a company’s goals. Therefore, the human resource manager and other affiliated personnel should ensure that new workers are well-accustomed to the working environment of a specific business. Onboarding is a term mostly used in the realm of business and human resources to refer to the process of inducting new workers in a way that helps in overall retention. Put differently and simply, and onboarding is the process of integrating a new worker into the corporation and its culture. The method of onboarding involves training of the new hire in various training phases.

To make the process of onboarding a success, a simplified job description, company’s values and visions discussion, clear expectations outline, and regular follow up are essential. Job description informs the new hire about what his duties are and the knowledge and skills required for the job. Human resource managers then take the recruits through the firm’s values and visions to ensure they (hires) are familiar with the business’s objectives. The new employees are then; individually lead through the expectations of the company and why they are a crucial aspect of the business. Lastly, the human resource manager regularly follows up the performance of the new hires with the aim of ensuring they are well-familiarized with their roles.

Onboarding and training may be executed simultaneously. However, because training is a continuous process depending on various factors such as new technology, it would be correct to say that onboarding precedes training. By definition, training refers to developing skills and knowledge that correlate to particular useful competencies in an organization.  New employees are supposed to be thoroughly trained to enhance their productivity. First, new hires should be assigned to mentors. Mentors are experienced employees who can pass their expertise to the recruits. Using the behavioral theory, mentors have desirable behavior in dealing with challenges based on their past experiences with similar obstacles. Second, trainers should encourage questions from new employees. This activity helps the new hires to get clarifications and helps the trainers to identify training sections that require modifications. Third, the trainees must be provided with relevant resources such as information, equipment, and team directory. These provisions make the training practical and useful. Four, trainers should provide consistent and constructive feedback on training. Trainees need motivation to enhance morale and confidence. Five, training should be done with the consideration of the trainees’ health and wellbeing. Trainees should be given time to relax, and the trainers must exhibit human traits during training.

In conclusion, onboarding and training make new hires familiar with the company’s’ culture and enhances employees’ competence. Businesses should devise ways and means of efficiently executing onboarding and training their recruits. Companies with well inducted and qualified employees are profitable and achieve their goals.