There’s a need to understand how induction occurs in HRM:

1. Pre-boarding: This phrase concerns activities done for the employee, like communication, documentation, and expectation setting before day one.

2. Orientation: The actual introduction to company policies, culture, tools, and teams.

3. Role-specific training: Training that waters down into the nitty-gritty of work, i.e., actual hands-on sessions on what the employee needs to be doing.

4. Performance alignment: Short-term goal setting and performance expectations.

Induction can occur through formal or informal channels. A formal induction implies schedules, presentations, and training modules, whereas an informal induction may consist of team lunches, a buddy system, or shadowing.

An example of a formal process is the new employee induction checklist, which lists everything from access to tools and systems through to HR policy briefings and introductions to the team.