Training Of New Recruits - Is It Worth The Investment...

Training is a first step for Development of the employee and it help to aware new recruits about the organisation culture. If new joinee is fresher than training should be must. By providing training to new employee, he/she can be valuable asset for the organisation

Of course, training is must in case of new recruits as it will introduce candidate to their work & help them to know that how to work easily.

I fully agree that hiring freshers should always be accompanied by a training program. If your organization does not have the budget or a setup that supports a training program, then it is advisable that you do not recruit freshers, because, freshers are not employment ready at all.

These days it is pertinent to think training results in costs when we see the holistic approach of the effects of training whether its orientation,or induction or specialised training or for that matter progressive training, all maters towards the goal of the organisation.This training has to be conducted holistically and not just as a program to spend the training budget for the sake of certifications or satisfying the boss or leader.

An untrained person is a person working with his blunt Axe where he does not know what to do and may cause the productivity to slow down or cause lot of wastage due to not being oriented to the process of productivity.We cant blame him .

The organisation which is spending money for the employee will be wasted out and the effects of untrained personnel will result in cascaded revenue loss to the company rather than having him at all.

Some lose the site of costing of training versus the effects of a good trained personnel.Training gives an Intangible benefits to him and the organisation which is benefited from such personnel.

Hence I don't agree that training costs are expenditures if training is not taken seriously. whether it is small job or a big job.

The industries are of different varieties even withing the similar industries. the processes are different, the qualities are different. invariably if the personnel are trained and are given the right place for their existence and respect the companies tend to survive all odds what ever it may be.

There are some proponents within industry who see more on numbers irrespective of wastage and quality as they trade of the loss cause they can manage with excess reserve which is not a rightful approach and trade of everything at a cost which is not reckon able.such practices will definitely will retard the training preferences and many industry will die down because of smart CEO's who understand the values of training and use it rightly.

I for one believe with lack of specific skill sets available and using cheap untrained manpower to run the show is of predominance and not  the right ethical business. with such defects no organisation will stand for long however bug it may be.

Untrained people are a big bugbear from the top to bottom of the hierarchy in any organisation.Its like 2 blind beggars trying to show the way for others.

Effective, focused training is a must for any organisation to survive in the present uncertain internal and external environmental conditions. The turnover and PL is a must for the bottom line but without training this cannot be achieved if some think its is possible.

Kind Regards

Major M Rajendran (Retd)

giving of training will definitely increase the productivity of an employee in all aspects.. the proper T & D will increase the value of an employee and the employer also..

Yes, training of new recruits is a sound investment . As organizations invest millions of dollars on computerization, I>T, but who handles these software, these are the employees rather the new recruits. Any investment on training is the soundest investment. It creates awareness amongsgt them,boosts their morale and raises their level in jobinvolvement. Among all the five factors of production viz land,labour, capital, enterprise, human labour is most important who have to operate the sytems. Knife is a knife. It`s job is to cut but all depends who holds the knife a surgeon or a butcher.

Its a neccesity for all new joinees to be oriented with the Organisations Policies & Procedures. More important is to understand the organisational culture, so that they can get accustomed to & adjust accordingly.

i believe a downfall of a company is when they lack orientation and training and then blame tghe employee for mistakes.  sadly the employee thoiught they were performing as expected but if never told. taught or trained, how can we hold them accountable?

Yes, it is worth putting money in training.

A scheduled & structured training on job functions, soft skills and Myths-Facts can put person not only on fast track but also can control attrition.

People learn otherwise also, however may take months to reach the start point and sense of ignorance and non-achievement plays a major role in attrition. Just check the attrition rate in first six months out of the total attrition and you will believe me.

Most certainly.

Induction training is extremely useful as it helps the employee get on the fast track to assimilation within the organization. It is all the more important now with IT systems in most organizations.

When properly implemented by HR, and properly undergone by the employee, this allows him or her to become familiar with the corporate mission and vission and the internal processes of the organization.

Yes its worth spending money on training, it induces faith and confidence in an employee.

Sure, The competition among the organization now a days spare no time for employees to know the roles and reaponsibilities of new employees in the firm by their own, only a structured and comprehensive training programme for the new joinees will ensure that they are absorbed with the companys working system. In the long run whatever the cost for the same will compenasate with.

As sufficient expereinced & loyal professionals not available in the market, it is better to recruit fresh candidates & train them to make loyal & quality professional.

Yes, Of course it is worth investing on new recruit.

This is an induction training whether a fresher or experienced where normally a new comer is made aware of various policies, procedures, functioning style of difference depts as well the one which he or she is going to join.

So this investement is really essential as it helps to create -

- Sense of belongingness,

- Sense of ownership,

- Sense of responsibility,

- Attachment & loyalty

At the same time the proper plan has to be made before delivering the same so that the new joiner should feel comfortable.

The induction training must be provided by the right person who can be an impressive personality as well the motivator.

Thanks

Chandrahas L. Bollabattin

Placement Officer

MIT Institutions, Pune

chandrahas1612@gmail.com

+91 9325483480

planned and structured investment in training of new employees surely pays off. Trainees have in many places succeeded gradually to key positions. Process and a key mentor who can add value to the gradual growth and transition will make a very good impact.

Arun Solomon

Training of new recruits is not just an investment , it's the best investment a company can make.

When you want performance at the earliest , the only way to ensure this is training. Training not only makes an employee knowledgeable about his responsibilities , it also inculcates the company culture in him , and enables him to fit into the overall scheme of things.

In the absence of training , an employee is left to fend for himself , and this is the best way to demotivate him , since he gets an impression that no one is interested in him or cares for him.

A lot of new recruits form an impression about the company based on their induction / orientation programs , and for quite a few , their decision to continue or leave is formed during this phase.

Couple of years back,there used to be a debate "Quality,is it worth investment",back then the answers were not exactly affirmative,couple of years down the line what we find is ,it actually reduces the overall cost.The reason short sightedness or in the box thinking.It was always felt that quality is something of a luxury which company was offering to customer while it was of little or no importance to the company.

I find same sentiments running around the training.It is felt that training is something which is offered for an individual's(employee) development and not the organization but training is something which reinvents an employee from a worker to a collaborator.Its not surprising why host of fortune 500 companies spend a lot on training. A training doesn't involve just improving technical skill or soft skill which most of us would believe and what exactly we found in new mushrooming companies but its something that introduces an employee to the ethics, culture and vision of the company.

There could also be a feeling that why to to invest on employees who are finally going to leave the company but it may happen that it is because of lack of proper training that leads them to do so.

Investment in new recruits is important and necessary. But the more important issue is to retain them for a justifiable period to get rewarded for the returns. So HR needs to plan on a retention policy together with a training programme.

Whichever form it might be, training / orientation is certainly a worthy  investment. Company size and employee numbers, immaterial. Smaller the size and larger the number, less the time. Time is of high essence for all professionals and companies alike and dedicating few hours in initial stage leads to better time management at later stage and that to me if of high value. Good topic to start Renne.

If you think it is not important to support newcomers, then you should also be against education systems in general as all of them provide one main thing - support for newcomers (into life, business, industry, company, new group of people, etc). 

Yes it really required to make them undersatand how  your current Organisation is working, work culture and Make them comfortable to start with new Organisation.

Anil

If you have high turnover, training new employees will make them more productive. They will feel better about themselves and the job. They will stick around longer.

If your profit per employee is less then you have major problems. You need to start training all your employees, not just your new employees, right away. And if you still believe that schools provide adequate training to make students labor-ready you are living in a dream world. Yes, some job seekers make the effort to learn on their own the skills needed for a new job, but most get that training on the job.

So, I think new employee training is a worthful investment.