Create the right training plan for a new employee

Below we'll tell you what a training plan and employee turnover are, what a comprehensive training plan should include, and finally, some tips on how to create the perfect training plan. And don't worry - this advice is completely free and you're welcome to use it when you sit down to create a training plan for a new employee in a moment.

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When you're a new employee in a company big or small, it's inevitable to feel a little nervous and overwhelmed. Everything is new and you're bombarded with information, meeting times, names and faces, a bunch of keys, schedules and impressions. All of this can be hard to keep track of, which is why it's a great idea if your company has prepared a training plan for your new employees - so they have less to worry about when they step into their new workplace.

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What is a training plan?

A training plan is like a walking stick for someone with a walking disability or a pair of training wheels for the youngest cyclists, a helping hand. It's a training plan that the company makes available to their new employees so that they have a clear starting point for the first period in their new workplace. A training plan should contain many different things, and below we will go through the most important points that you should include in your training plan to ensure that your new employee gets off to a good start. This will also help you avoid too much employee turnover in your company. Read more about that now.

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What is employee turnover?

What is employee turnover, you ask? We'll tell you. Employee turnover is when a company has too much turnover in their staff. Turnover that is not due to downsizing, reassignment to another department, retirement, illness or death. When you talk about and measure employee turnover, you are looking at the employees that the company has not been able to retain.

Of course, there can be many different reasons why an employee chooses to leave, but as a company, you can help prevent this from happening. One way to do this is to provide them with a comprehensiveemployee handbook so that they can familiarize themselves with the company'spersonnel policy and their own rights in relation to illness, for example. An employee handbook can easily be held under one arm, leaving plenty of room to give the new employee a training plan for the other arm. A good training plan can also help ensure that the new employee stays with the company.

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How do you create a good training plan?

When creating a good training plan, remember to keep your recipient in mind. It's for their sake that you create a training plan and, as we mentioned earlier, it should act as a helping hand for the new employee's first period in the workplace.

It might be a good idea to ask others for advice - perhaps a colleague who has recently had their first day at work. They will certainly be able to provide some useful reflections on what worked and what didn't when they started at your company.

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What should a comprehensive training plan include?

A training plan should include everything from new names to key bundles, and here we try to list the essential elements of a training plan. This is with the understanding that your specific company may have more or fewer items that are relevant:

1. Designate a contact person/mentor

2. Make a list of names, numbers and emails relevant to the new employee

3. Include a detailed IT guide to help the employee get up to speed with the systems

4. Include relevant usernames, passwords etc.

5. Make a detailed plan for the first period of the employee's time

6. Include a shift schedule

7. Include invitations to social events, e.g. this year'scompany Christmas party

8. Include a blank page where the employee can write praise and criticism for the training

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Get started with a training plan today

With a training plan, you ensure that your new employees get off to a good start in the company. We hope that the above reflections, tips and points will inspire you when you sit down to create a detailed training plan in a few moments.