Onboarding is the process of integrating a new employee into an organisation. For a new colleague, it can be a make-or-break experience.
Onboarding can take place at various levels, including the organisation, role, and team. It should mainly focus on acclimatising the new employee in a new environment. This can start with introducing the organisations mission, vision, culture and values. Making the new employee feel welcomed, the guiding principle of the onboarding process should be based on empathy.
Having an onboarding buddy is really beneficial since it provides you with a point of contact. You’ll eventually figure out who to reach when you have a query or a worry, but starting with a buddy is always a good idea. The major goal of this buddy relationship is to make the new hire feel at ease as he or she settles in. The second goal is to ensure that the buddy keeps track of process and tries to adapt in order to make it easier for the next person who joins.
What should be covered in a typical onboarding process
- Introduction to the organisation mission, vision, culture and values.
- Having a buddy — A go to person.
- Onboarding sessions — covering organisation’s ways of working, domain or product/ project specific sessions, role…
