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What is the significance of Induction and Onboarding Training for organizations?

Did you know that within the first 45 days of joining a new organization, one in 5 employees decides if they should opt out?

Recruitment is a time-consuming and expensive process. Once you get the right candidates, it’s imperative to have measures in place to induct them as efficiently as possible.

What approaches can you adopt to deliver a high-impact Induction and Onboarding program?

Traditionally, organizations worked with centralized corporate training centers where they delivered Instructor-Led Induction Training (ILT) for their new employees. With changed workplace dynamics, the ILT solutions necessarily need to be reconsidered.

There are now two significant ways to deliver these programs.

• Approach 1: With the proliferation of online learning, organizations have now realized that there is an opportunity to tap into eLearning or mLearning as part of the Induction and Onboarding process.
• Approach 2: Blended Induction and Onboarding programs that deliver a happy median between 100% VILT on the one hand and a totally eLearning/mLearning strategy on the other. They balance the human contact factor and self-paced training very effectively.

For nearly two decades now, we have been creating several Induction and Onboarding programs for our customers featuring highly immersive learning strategies in both these modes.

How can EI enhance the impact of Induction and Onboarding Training programs?

The success of any staffing initiative lies not just in finding and hiring the right talent but also in how quickly new hires get productive.

Time-to-productivity is a measure of the time taken by employees from being hired to becoming productive members of the organization’s workforce.

• The lynchpin to effective time-to-productivity is the employee Induction and Onboarding Training that each new hire receives.
• The speed at which new inductees become productive often determines the Return on Investment (ROI) generated by corporate training programs at large.
• Our well-designed employee Induction and Onboarding Training programs play a key role in shortening time-to-productivity for our customers.

What learning strategies can you adopt to create effective online employee Induction and Onboarding programs?

1. mLearning format
   Deliver the Induction and Onboarding program in a mLearning format, giving the employees the flexibility to learn on the device of their choice.
2. Microlearning based learning paths
   Offer Microlearning or bite-sized learning, making it easier for them to assimilate it at their own pace.
3. Gamification
   Multiply the impact and create an immersive learning journey through Gamification, leaderboards, and so on.
4. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
   Look at adding some learning nuggets that feature Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to further enhance the immersive learning experience.
5. High-impact formats
   Use high-impact formats like Videos, Interactive Videos, Gamified quizzes, and so on that keep them engaged.
6. Personalization and Social Learning
   Offer Personalization (based on the role, region, or business unit) and extend self-paced learning through Social or Collaborative Learning.
7. Custom portal
   Deliver the learning journey through a custom portal for the highest impact.

What is the impact of EI’s Induction and Onboarding Training solutions?

• Highly immersive and engaging learning experiences that create a sticky learning experience and align new hires to your goals quickly and effectively.
• Expedited time-to-productivity confirming that your new hire strategy and supporting employee Induction and Onboarding Training is working.