Assignment task:
Onboarding Programs In her article in this week's materials, Rockwood writes that "a successful onboarding program will likely include orientation, job-specific training, introductions, culture acclimation and follow-ups:' Reflect on what is needed for effective onboarding and respond to the prompts below:
1. Describe the worst experience of onboarding that you have had in your career. What did this experience teach you about the impact of a poorly designed or non-existent onboarding program?
2. Select two of the items from Rockwood's list of required onboarding elements in the quotation above. As an HR professional, how would you implement these two items as part of your onboarding program?
3. Which two items from Rockwood's list of onboarding elements are most challenging when onboarding an employee remotely? What should the manager and HR do differently, to address these challenges? Need Assignment Help?
Required reading:
- Week Lecture: Onboarding and Development
- Bock, Chapter 9: Building a Learning Institution
- Welch, Chapter 7: People Management: You've Got the Right Players, Now What?
- Bolden-Barrett, 5 questions to help rethink your onboarding process
- Rockwood, How to Create an Effective Onboarding Program
- ResoPro, HR Unleashed: Transformative Approaches to Employee Development
- Eder et al., What are some of the Current Trends and Challenges in Workforce Development?
- Strack et al., Post-Pandemic Career Paths and Reskilling