An Article on Orientation Program for New Employee

An Article on Orientation Program for New Employee

We were born as a light to this world where we were welcomed by our parents, peer group and society. We have to mould ourselves to suit our professional culture in which orientation program plays an important role where we learn lots of things like culture, traditions, behavior pattern in an organization. . Let us have a glance on what is Orientation Program and how it is helpful for the new employee and the organization as a whole.


Orientation Program
Orientation Programs assist staff in understanding organization values and culture, and as a result, encourage commitment to the organization.
"Orientation programs should be more than just filling out forms .Done right, they can boost employee retention and satisfaction."
Effective orientation program is the first step to staff retention
Effective organization should understand the essential role that new employee orientation plays in creating their ultimate success and be prepared to adequately invest the necessary time, energy and resources to create a well-designed staff orientation program. Proper orientation of new employees can play huge returns on any initial investment through higher staff retention, greater employee commitment and accelerated productivity.
Staff members who are properly trained and welcomed as they begin their new employment feel good about choosing your organization tend to fit more quickly with their colleague, are more prepared to contribute new ideas, and they represent you more confidently to clients, community partners and suppliers.
Steps you can follow:
1. Adopt a long term approach like making comfortable to new employee with work culture.
2. Provide information in a way that can be absorbed and retained
3. Use your orientation program to develop a team- environment
4. Fundamental objective of a good orientation program
5. Get some personal information about the new person and circulate it around the office .

When planning the orientation program keep in sights on accomplishing the major goals:
ü Help individuals to create rapport between co-workers and make them comfortable in their new surroundings
ü Provide understanding about the organization culture
ü Carefully outline the job responsibilities and rewards
ü Ensure the orientation is done on ground realities.
ü Encourage participation which will involve the peers , colleagues.
ü Career Growth

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Rajat Grover