Recruitment and Onboarding Sustainable Organizations

Question: Describe best practices associated with the new hire on-boarding. Have you been part of an awkward or sketchy on-boarding process? If so, share details. What could have been done to improve the on-boarding process? Answer: According to Klein, Polin Leigh Sutton (2015), organizational socialization or on-boarding is a method used by the organization in which newly recruited employees acquire the essential behaviors, skills, and knowledge to become valuable organizational members. On-boarding Best Practices Before the Newly Recruited Employee Start to Work There should be an earlier preparation for the newly recruited employee before he/ she start working. Klein, Polin Leigh Sutton (2015) assert that an agenda should be created for the employees first week that includes assigning a working buddy or a mentor. The workstation for the newly recruited employee should be organized for him/her to feel comfortable. A welcome gift should also be prepared in advance before the first day of the employee. On-boarding Best Practice During the First Week The new employee should be introduced on the lay of the land and this includes the staff members, a tour of the office and other forms of orientations (Bauer, Erdogan Taylor, 2012). The manager should also meet the new employee so that he/she can know the new employee and share his/her future expectation and management style. The employee should be taught on work processes. On-boarding Best Practices in First 30-90 days. The period is essential for employee training. The employee should also be given an opportunity for feedback and encouraged to share his/her opinions (Graybill, Taesil Hudson Carpenter, Offord , Piorun Shaffer, 2013). The new hire should finally be reviewed after 90 days of his job. I have been a victim of an awkward on-boarding process. The first day I was placed in my department of work to start work without orientation of the machines used in the department and I was confused on how some machines are used. I would, therefore, recommend that there should be an adequate orientation of the employee before they start working in an organization. References Bauer, T. N., Erdogan, B., Taylor, S. (2012). Creating and maintaining environmentally sustainable organizations: Recruitment and onboarding. Graybill, J. O., Taesil Hudson Carpenter, M., Offord Jr, J., Piorun, M., Shaffer, G. (2013). Employee onboarding: identification of best practices in ACRL libraries.Library Management,34(3), 200-218. Klein, H. J., Polin, B., Leigh Sutton, K. (2015). Specific Onboarding Practices for the Socialization of New Employees.International Journal of Selection and Assessment,23(3), 263-283.