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HR leaders face many challenges in creating a positive employee experience and establishing a strong organisational culture. When it comes to internship programs, there\u2019s an additional layer of difficulty as the projects need to be accomplished in an exceptionally short amount of time.<\/p>\n

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Here are three steps to make intern onboarding successful when you\u2019re short of time:<\/p>\n

1.Pre-boarding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Build up a relationship with your intern. It\u2019s a valuable way to engage them as a high-potential, full-time candidate and to ensure they are learning about the company as much as they can before the first day.<\/p>\n

Pre-boarding is just for the intern, but also for yourself: make sure to have prepared the goals and plan for your intern so they have a clear set of objectives to achieve in a reasonable amount of time.<\/p>\n

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2.Orientation<\/strong><\/p>\n

On their first day, make a great first impression as a company and give them a warm welcome. Make sure they get to meet everyone and get a tour of the office.<\/p>\n

Familiarise them with your mission, vision and values, and introduce them to your services or products from a consumer perspective. Prepare a training or orientation session of your products or services.<\/p>\n

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3.Productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order for the intern to get the most out of their internship, a particular leadership style is needed where clarity is key. Given that they have relatively little experience, interns have a lot to learn from simply witnessing operations of the company. It can be very overwhelming to be thrown into a new organisation, so be clear in what you need from them, explain why a task is done in a certain way, what the company has learned through a process and how to provide feedback.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s to successful internships!<\/p>\n

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PS: here’s<\/a> how we can help with your onboarding and induction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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