Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

How to onboard new hires.

Name: How to onboard new hires.
Uploaded: 2025-04-03T16:00:07+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: The speaker contrasts a traditional classroom‑based onboarding model—characterized by role‑plays and passive learning—with a more hands‑on approach used…

3 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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The speaker contrasts a traditional classroom‑based onboarding model—characterized by role‑plays and passive learning—with a more hands‑on approach used by their organization. In the latter, Learning & Development (L&D) staff embed themselves alongside consultants or trainees for the first 90 days, especially the first 30‑60 days, providing real‑time coaching on core processes and skills. While this method can feel invasive because it leaves little breathing room for the new hire, the speaker argues that rapidly aligning employees with high‑standard execution of core tasks leads to better outcomes for both the individual and the company.

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My onboarding was, you know, it was very classroom-based and there were, you know, some role plays and all this sort of stuff, but you kind of learned from doing. We kind of take the opposite approach. So there's loads of classroom work, but our L&D person or people will sit directly with consultants or trainees in their first 90 days and they will literally sit next to them and coach them through pretty much everything that they're doing, particularly in the first 30 to 60 days. You know, it's kind of invasive in some respects because, you know, the Every person hasn't got tons of room to breathe, but we know that the quicker you get somebody in line with the core processes and executing those core processes, or what we call skills, to the highest standard, the better the outcomes for them and for us.