I have worked at multiple jobs that had a variety of trainings but two that have stood out to me are one with a San Antonio Based Insurance Company and a Hospital here in the City. Both of these organizations wanted to work hard in the development of their employees, focus on the mission, and motivate their new workers.
For the San Antonio Based Insurance Company, we went through weeks of training that included Onboarding and Socialization. You are able to be with multiple different people who will have different jobs with you in the company and learn what the mission of the company is about. From there, you went through a different step of the onboarding process that lets you be with peers for 4-6 weeks in anticipation of your job. This allowed me to be more proactive in my role and be more involved with my peers. We had a sense of community and what our job entailed.
The Hospital in the area had just started a new training process aimed at giving new employees an idea of what their employment was within their job role. It was a once-a-month meeting, via WebEx, that had one facilitator for 6 months. In order for you to complete the program, you would have to make each one of these meetings. Unfortunately, this type of training wasn’t effective given the long range of onboarding and the lack of personal growth in this type of training. To improve effectiveness, employers need to ensure that employees have a firm understanding of the mission and career they are in.