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Company orientation schemes for new employees
Overview
Orientation schemes, reviewed and corrected by Incenteam
Today when companies sound their employees out on their perception of the company's orientation schemes, they are surprised. A rushed 'welcome', insufficient or even absence of information on the position, lack of visibility on development, incomprehension of the relevance of their job to the overall business, these are the main criticisms of the colleagues interviewed.
And yet, building employee loyalty from the minute they join the company is of major importance. For companies with an aging workforce who must inject new blood into their teams but also for those in highly pressurised sectors in which a shortage of skills is often combined with a lack of training. Not to mention that young employees are susceptible to offers from competitors...
Thus, improving the orientation and training of your workforce is essential to guaranteeing your company's longevity and avoiding an excessive rotation of personnel, which represents a considerable cost to the employer.
But how do you integrate and retain these newcomers ? According to its history and experience, each firm will envisage its own orientation and training procedure.
For those with a strong company culture, the priority is to enter the company equipped with the levers of orientation and training and the tools for understanding its functionning. The new employees will spend 3 months on an orientation programme before taking up their position.
For others, the priority is to properly master the skills linked to the working environment. The newcomers enter a cycle of self-training overseen by tutors. During this period, they devote themselves exclusively to acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills and with their tutor (a coach or mentor) they set up a training programme which fulfills their requirements. They follow various training modules and make a final evaluation at the end.
So companies navigate between 2 methods of integrating new staff :
- understanding and acquiring the company culture and values
- understanding and acquiring the skills and knowledge of the job
Nevertheless there is always a risk that the orientation and training procedure goes too far in one sense or the other or departs from its original objective. For example, by over emphasising company values which leads to a 'clone' culture or by turning the scheme into a simple trial/evaluation period rather than a real employee insertion.
Imagine a tailormade orientation and training programme
Drawing inspiration from our management games, teambuilding specialists, Incenteam, has formulated a fun, pedagogical programme that's entirely adaptable to your needs. Firstly, this creates the right occasion for promoting the company, then for instilling its values and culture as well as an improved knowledge of its environment. Not to mention the simultaneously focused and relaxed atmosphere.
Because each company is different, this orientation and training seminar will be structured by our coaches and you. Our significant experience in management games will ensure that your expectations are more than fulfilled.
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