{"id":999881452,"date":"2012-07-09T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/?p=797741369"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:26:39","slug":"top-three-tips-to-improve-onbaording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/top-three-tips-to-improve-onbaording","title":{"rendered":"Top Three Tips to Improve Onboarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"height:0; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; padding-top:30px; position:relative\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\";\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTFFU5krIhM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been there. You start a new job, settle into your desk, meet a few people and then it&#8217;s time for corporate training. Hours \u2013 or maybe days \u2013 of company history, policies and paperwork. But how much of that information do you actually remember? \u201cPeople don\u2019t retain that information. There\u2019s a lot of waste there. You want a more structured approach that people can execute on their own,\u201d explains Todd Hudson (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/headmaverick\">@HeadMaverick<\/a>), Head Maverick of the <a href=\"http:\/\/maverickinstitute.com\/\">Maverick Institute<\/a> to Sarah White (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/imsosarah\">@imsosarah<\/a>) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hrtechblog.com\/\">HRTechBlog<\/a>. Using lean manufacturing principles, Hudson\u2019s organization helps companies create new processes for training and development. For example, when creating a hyperefficient manufacturing process, he asks, \u201cHow can we get the waste out of training and development to create more learning value?\u201d \u201cOnboarding is really knowledge transfer,\u201d Hudson says. Most companies don\u2019t have a good structure for transferring the company\u2019s cultural, technical and social knowledge. They distribute company information through a &#8220;fire hose&#8221; \u2013 sitting new employees down for three days or a week in a classroom setting and telling them everything they need to know. \u201cCompanies want to get it over with. But with training, it\u2019s never over with,\u201d he explains. <strong><span>Take Hudson&#8217;s top three tips to improve your onboarding process:<\/span><\/strong> <strong>1) Create a self-structured path:<\/strong> Make it clear what you want people to be able to do. Provide a path that they can learn on their own as well as resources where they can learn more. <strong>2) Minimize delay between needing to know something and learning it:<\/strong> Find ways to get information to people immediately. Equip training and recruiting with a big list of resources that can answer common questions. <strong>3) Let Millennials teach other Millennials:<\/strong> The best people who know how to get up to speed in the company are the ones who just did it a month or two ago. Use that resource over and over again. Don\u2019t rely on your existing employees to do all the training. <span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all been there. You start a new job, settle into your desk, meet a few people and then it&#8217;s time for corporate training. Hours \u2013 or maybe days \u2013 of company history, policies and paperwork. But how much of that information do you actually remember? \u201cPeople don\u2019t retain that information. 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