New Employee Orientation Program at Uconn Health
https://health.uconn.edu/human-resources/services/organization-and-staff-development/new-employee-orientation-program/
The Uconn Health's orientation programme to the new employees is well structured showing what will be done and the time the new workers will be involved in different activities. This type of orientation programme is held online with the workers being introduced to the company's history, policies, laws, practices, mission, vision, and values among other things (Cascio, 2014). At Uconn Health, new workers are required to learn about their roles and responsibilities and be screened for their fitness. This practice is very shallow as it does not allow workers to know the organization in details or recognize the fellow personnel. Although the online orientation enables employees to understand their expected duties, the moment the worker is required to perform the specific role, one might get confused because of not being familiar with the physical look of the workplace and the departments in the organization (Raemdonck, Gijbels, & Van Groen, 2014). To make orientation programme on the internet successful, it would be necessary to include some graphics about how the company looks and give efficient directions regarding the organizational departments. Moreover, workers are supposed to be allowed chances of asking questions, commenting on or providing feedback to the employer through the particular website, and interacting with other staffs.
Past training experience
I went through soft skills training. The training was sufficient since I learned the means of generating collaborative, respectful, and efficient environment when with other workers. During this training, I acquired communication skills, conflict resolution skills, presentation skills, teamwork, time management, adaptability, ethics, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills (Raemdonck, Gijbels, & Van Groen, 2014). However, the training did not enable me to learn more about diversity, although it is necessary for the workplace. Indeed, it was effective training, as I have retained the acquired knowledge and applies it to the job.
References
Cascio, W. F. (2014). Leveraging employer branding, performance management and human resource development to enhance employee retention. Taylor & Francis.
Raemdonck, I., Gijbels, D., & Van Groen, W. (2014). The influence of job characteristics and self‐directed learning orientation on workplace learning. International Journal of Training and Development, 18(3), 188-203.
