Onboarding Step 1: Induction Planning

Induction is a critical part of an onboarding strategy, and its purpose is to set the new employee up for success and help set the tone for the culture, leadership, and operations of the business.

Many organisations take the time to invest in a quality induction program that fits well into the broader onboarding strategy, but unfortunately others fail to ensure that the induction process is ‘fit for purpose.’

The induction process is the most important part of the onboarding strategy as it is the employee’s first experience at their new place of work. Whilst employers are using the induction period to reflect if they made the right recruitment decision, new employees are also considering if this is the right organisation for them.

Sometimes the induction period will reinforce the hiring decision and other times, new employees will conclude within in their induction period that they have made the wrong decision and resign. This is an unfortunate situation for both the employee and the business and therefore it is important that employers are not ‘over promising and underdelivering’ during the recruitment and induction process and that the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is delivering.

Investing time, energy and resources into a quality induction program will show new employees that the organisation is committed to the success and integration of them and is prepared to walk in partnership on their journey to success.