I’ve been looking at resources which organisations provide as part of their induction and onboarding processes. Thank you to the people who sent them to me – very much appreciated. Everything seems to come in the following forms:

• Handbooks
• Workbooks
• Checklists
• Timetables
• Online eLearning
• Induction ‘sessions’
• Handbooks with checklists

The topics are also any permutation of the fourteen or so below:

• Pre-employment
• Health and Safety
• Compliance
• Facilities
• IT
• Organisation information
• Department information
• Team information
• Function information
• Culture and values
• Benefits and policies
• Role-specific information
• Corporate branding, Social Media use
• Learning and development

If you’ve taken time to invest in recruitment, advertising, interviewing and selection, why spend so much time on this kind of stuff?