Employee Orientation vs. Employee Onboarding: The Secret to New Hire Success

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Employee Orientation vs. Employee Onboarding: The Secret to New Hire Success process.st/employee-orientation-vs-employee-onboarding March 21, 2022

Grace Donaldson March 21, 2022 Human Resources, Onboarding

Research has shown that starting a new job is more stressful than moving house or foreclosing on a loan. HR managers are responsible for making the transition into a new company less stressful than it already is. That’s why employee onboarding is so important. Typically, onboarding happens during their first week. The phase before and during an employee’s actual first day is called orientation. There’s a ton of misconceptions around orientation being part of onboarding: which is the most important, what tasks are associated with each, and so on. That’s what we’re taking a look at in this Process Street article. Let the fight begin: Employee orientation vs. employee onboarding!

Defining employee orientation The employee orientation phase is when new hires are introduced to their responsibilities, colleagues, and workplace. Think of it as their first impression of their new role.

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