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Employee orientation is a process used by organizations to introduce new employees to the workplace. It typically includes activities such as introducing new employees to the team, providing an overview of the organization and its culture, providing an overview of policies and procedures, and helping new hires understand their roles and responsibilities. Employee orientation is important in helping new employees become productive and successful team members.
For employees
For employers
Activity |
Orientation |
Onboarding |
Definition |
Introduction to the organization and its culture. |
Integrating a new employee into the organization, as well as their role. |
Time span |
Generally one-day event or upto a week |
Lasts typically a few weeks or months |
Purpose |
The primary goal of new employee orientation is to provide new employees with information about their new workplace and to make them feel comfortable in their new environment. |
Onboarding is about equipping new employees with the information, skills and relationships necessary to enable them to perform their job successfully. |
Activities |
Provide an overview of the company, its mission, and values |
Outline job expectations, provide job-specific training, and review company policies |
Employee orientation is the first step in employee development and is crucial to an organization’s success. The new employee orientation process has many variations and can be conducted in many different ways. We will examine what makes an effective orientation program and discuss best practices for orienting employees.
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