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October 11, 2018
Have you ever sat through training where you already knew how to use the platforms that were being presented to you? As the person responsible for training, avoid this at all costs!
Your goal is to present the most amount of value in the shortest amount of time.
A quick conversation or a questionnaire can be sent to the new hire to determine what needs to be touched upon during training. This also helps you to set up what is going to be talked about during the training session.
These days, training can be done at the learner’s pace and delivered through a variety of different mediums.
Every training session is going to be different so it is up to you to utilize the best forms of media so that the new employee can get the optimal knowledge needed to succeed in their position.
Don’t let the workers' efforts go unsupervised! Training is a big deal and should be celebrated!
People are easily overwhelmed when it comes to training and can go into it with a negative attitude from the start, if you don’t inject positivity and excitement early on. It’s up to the company to make training as fun and motivational as possible.
When new hires go through training at Trainual (using Trainual of course), the moment a subject module is finished, a notification is sent to the whole team channel on Slack, and let’s all the other employees congratulate the new hire for completing their training.
This small amount of appreciation encourages workers to continue to train and feel immediately part of the larger group. This opens up the work floor so that the new hire feels comfortable asking questions and begins to feel accepted into the company.
Don’t be scared of feedback! You might not like hearing what you can improve upon but it’s necessary to guarantee that future trainees are not burdened by the same easily fixable mistakes.
Feedback is key to improvements and can show what needs to be changed, such as what topics need to be more visual or need more text to explain. Create questions or a survey to put at the end of the training to take the pulse on how things are going and how well people are learning the material.
When creating training content, there should be multiple people from each department working together. This allows experienced employees to add notes or quick tips that can be useful for new hires and allows for a more comprehensive knowledge pool as your build your company’s operating manual.
Collaborative content in the system helps prevents the chance of confusion if the manager directly responsible for training is absent and the new hire is unable to get their questions about their role or responsibilities answered immediately.
Being brand new to a job or position is stressful enough and learning everything to be adequately trained adds on even more stress. Putting too much on the new hire’s plate can cause confusion and result in forgetfulness.
Our suggestion is to break the training up into segments based on tiered importance. When using Trainual, you can use Zapier to automate assigning a new Subject once another is completed.
This eliminates assigning too much all at once and overwhelming the new employee. Then as the week carries on, the new hire can go through training Subjects at a pace that allows them to fully understand everything.
When naming your Subjects, create eye-grabbing, interesting titles that stimulate the workers' mind. Think of it like naming Buzzfeed articles for internal information.
For example, if you’re setting up a module about filling out timesheets to get paid, don’t label it “Time Sheet Paperwork”, instead try “How You Get Paid!”
“Timesheet Paperwork” sounds boring while “How You Get Paid!” captures the employee’s attention and they’ll be more likely to engage with the material and learn the proper way to fill out their timesheets… why? So they can get paid!
If you’re conscious about correcting these 7 training mistakes, not only will your new hires be the best-trained employees you’ve ever had but they will be the happiest employees you’ve ever met.
New innovative ideas will flow into your office at a faster pace than ever before, and with the reduction of time and money spent onboarding, your business can meet goals that previously took months in just weeks.
And if you are having difficulty correcting these mistakes, or just need some guidance, you can always contact Trainual for best practices using our software.
Join over 135K readers getting the The Manual in their inbox every Wednesday.
October 11, 2018
Have you ever sat through training where you already knew how to use the platforms that were being presented to you? As the person responsible for training, avoid this at all costs!
Your goal is to present the most amount of value in the shortest amount of time.
A quick conversation or a questionnaire can be sent to the new hire to determine what needs to be touched upon during training. This also helps you to set up what is going to be talked about during the training session.
These days, training can be done at the learner’s pace and delivered through a variety of different mediums.
Every training session is going to be different so it is up to you to utilize the best forms of media so that the new employee can get the optimal knowledge needed to succeed in their position.
Don’t let the workers' efforts go unsupervised! Training is a big deal and should be celebrated!
People are easily overwhelmed when it comes to training and can go into it with a negative attitude from the start, if you don’t inject positivity and excitement early on. It’s up to the company to make training as fun and motivational as possible.
When new hires go through training at Trainual (using Trainual of course), the moment a subject module is finished, a notification is sent to the whole team channel on Slack, and let’s all the other employees congratulate the new hire for completing their training.
This small amount of appreciation encourages workers to continue to train and feel immediately part of the larger group. This opens up the work floor so that the new hire feels comfortable asking questions and begins to feel accepted into the company.
Don’t be scared of feedback! You might not like hearing what you can improve upon but it’s necessary to guarantee that future trainees are not burdened by the same easily fixable mistakes.
Feedback is key to improvements and can show what needs to be changed, such as what topics need to be more visual or need more text to explain. Create questions or a survey to put at the end of the training to take the pulse on how things are going and how well people are learning the material.
When creating training content, there should be multiple people from each department working together. This allows experienced employees to add notes or quick tips that can be useful for new hires and allows for a more comprehensive knowledge pool as your build your company’s operating manual.
Collaborative content in the system helps prevents the chance of confusion if the manager directly responsible for training is absent and the new hire is unable to get their questions about their role or responsibilities answered immediately.
Being brand new to a job or position is stressful enough and learning everything to be adequately trained adds on even more stress. Putting too much on the new hire’s plate can cause confusion and result in forgetfulness.
Our suggestion is to break the training up into segments based on tiered importance. When using Trainual, you can use Zapier to automate assigning a new Subject once another is completed.
This eliminates assigning too much all at once and overwhelming the new employee. Then as the week carries on, the new hire can go through training Subjects at a pace that allows them to fully understand everything.
When naming your Subjects, create eye-grabbing, interesting titles that stimulate the workers' mind. Think of it like naming Buzzfeed articles for internal information.
For example, if you’re setting up a module about filling out timesheets to get paid, don’t label it “Time Sheet Paperwork”, instead try “How You Get Paid!”
“Timesheet Paperwork” sounds boring while “How You Get Paid!” captures the employee’s attention and they’ll be more likely to engage with the material and learn the proper way to fill out their timesheets… why? So they can get paid!
If you’re conscious about correcting these 7 training mistakes, not only will your new hires be the best-trained employees you’ve ever had but they will be the happiest employees you’ve ever met.
New innovative ideas will flow into your office at a faster pace than ever before, and with the reduction of time and money spent onboarding, your business can meet goals that previously took months in just weeks.
And if you are having difficulty correcting these mistakes, or just need some guidance, you can always contact Trainual for best practices using our software.
October 11, 2018
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Have you ever sat through training where you already knew how to use the platforms that were being presented to you? As the person responsible for training, avoid this at all costs!
Your goal is to present the most amount of value in the shortest amount of time.
A quick conversation or a questionnaire can be sent to the new hire to determine what needs to be touched upon during training. This also helps you to set up what is going to be talked about during the training session.
These days, training can be done at the learner’s pace and delivered through a variety of different mediums.
Every training session is going to be different so it is up to you to utilize the best forms of media so that the new employee can get the optimal knowledge needed to succeed in their position.
Don’t let the workers' efforts go unsupervised! Training is a big deal and should be celebrated!
People are easily overwhelmed when it comes to training and can go into it with a negative attitude from the start, if you don’t inject positivity and excitement early on. It’s up to the company to make training as fun and motivational as possible.
When new hires go through training at Trainual (using Trainual of course), the moment a subject module is finished, a notification is sent to the whole team channel on Slack, and let’s all the other employees congratulate the new hire for completing their training.
This small amount of appreciation encourages workers to continue to train and feel immediately part of the larger group. This opens up the work floor so that the new hire feels comfortable asking questions and begins to feel accepted into the company.
Don’t be scared of feedback! You might not like hearing what you can improve upon but it’s necessary to guarantee that future trainees are not burdened by the same easily fixable mistakes.
Feedback is key to improvements and can show what needs to be changed, such as what topics need to be more visual or need more text to explain. Create questions or a survey to put at the end of the training to take the pulse on how things are going and how well people are learning the material.
When creating training content, there should be multiple people from each department working together. This allows experienced employees to add notes or quick tips that can be useful for new hires and allows for a more comprehensive knowledge pool as your build your company’s operating manual.
Collaborative content in the system helps prevents the chance of confusion if the manager directly responsible for training is absent and the new hire is unable to get their questions about their role or responsibilities answered immediately.
Being brand new to a job or position is stressful enough and learning everything to be adequately trained adds on even more stress. Putting too much on the new hire’s plate can cause confusion and result in forgetfulness.
Our suggestion is to break the training up into segments based on tiered importance. When using Trainual, you can use Zapier to automate assigning a new Subject once another is completed.
This eliminates assigning too much all at once and overwhelming the new employee. Then as the week carries on, the new hire can go through training Subjects at a pace that allows them to fully understand everything.
When naming your Subjects, create eye-grabbing, interesting titles that stimulate the workers' mind. Think of it like naming Buzzfeed articles for internal information.
For example, if you’re setting up a module about filling out timesheets to get paid, don’t label it “Time Sheet Paperwork”, instead try “How You Get Paid!”
“Timesheet Paperwork” sounds boring while “How You Get Paid!” captures the employee’s attention and they’ll be more likely to engage with the material and learn the proper way to fill out their timesheets… why? So they can get paid!
If you’re conscious about correcting these 7 training mistakes, not only will your new hires be the best-trained employees you’ve ever had but they will be the happiest employees you’ve ever met.
New innovative ideas will flow into your office at a faster pace than ever before, and with the reduction of time and money spent onboarding, your business can meet goals that previously took months in just weeks.
And if you are having difficulty correcting these mistakes, or just need some guidance, you can always contact Trainual for best practices using our software.
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