ORIENTATION AND ONBOARDING

What is the difference between Onboarding and Orientation?

• Onboarding is an ongoing process of establishing the employee within the organization.

• Orientation is a part/subset of the onboarding process where new employees learn about the company and their job responsibilities.

• The goal of onboarding is to create a willingness of the employees to work for the organization. The goal of orientation is to familiarize the working environment and company culture for the new employees.

• Both these concepts are related with the recruitment process of the human resource management.