Importance of New Hire Training Who Is Representing Your Company

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Importance of New Hire Training: Who Is Representing Your Company?

General Purpose: To persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that a vital part of a successful company is having a new hire training program.

Thesis: You can have a great product, prime location, and good marketing but if your staff is not well trained it can make your business and your product fall flat.

Introduction:

I want you to think of the most successful company that comes to mind. What companies did you think of? Slide Click Slide Click Slide Click Slide Click Now, what do you think makes that company so successful? (Call on audience for response) Slide Click

It takes a lot to make a company successful but today I want you to consider how important it is for employees to be well trained. TrainUp (Slide 2) is a top consulting firm specializing in training employees throughout the country. We know how effective training can be. You can have a great product, prime location, good marketing but if your staff is not well trained, it can make your business and your product fall flat. PREVIEW: Today, I’ll be talking with you about the problem of untrained new hires and take you through the solution we specialize in: New-Hire Training. Slide Click

(Transition: Let’s begin with exploring the costs to your company of this lack of training.)

Body:

Without training new employees are thrown in to an unknown situation without a clue, this can lead to bad service to customers, loss of clients and poor retention of employees.

Slide Click Example: You go out to eat to a fabulous new restaurant, the food is great, the dining room is gorgeous, but your waiter could not answer a single question about the food and left your table unattended for long periods of time. Even if everything else is great, if the service is bad a business can be ruined. This goes for any type of business.

Lack of training can also leave the new employee feeling Slide Click confused and helpless which can lead to a low retention rate. A 2005 article in the Charlotte Observer says “We are doing something to attract and keep people at this company, and help them learn the business”.

Costs of recruiting new employees can be as high as __________, according to a recent article in Business Week.

“Low morale with this revolving door experience can quickly poison the attitudes of new people joining the organization” states Fast Company magazine.

Case studies in the American Management Association publications describe several organizations posting Slide Click major revenue losses associated with poor employee training.

Sandofy Corporation was known for saving money on employees until their profits declined considerably. Slide Click

Lawrence Publishing provided one-day training for new-hires and found it seriously insufficient.

Transition: It is clear that we have a problem, but what is the solution? Slide Click

New Hire Training can resolve the issues we have just discussed by preparing each new employee for success in his or her job.

Let’s take a look at some companies who are known for excellence in training their workforce.

According to a 2014 New York Times article, Slide Click Amazon ranks towards the top in prepping employees for the fast-pace environment.

“Exciting things happen on Day One for Slide Click Google employees”, states Jen Chou, their director of Human Relations.

In most organizations, when employees are first hired they are excited and eager to learn everything they can. This is the perfect opportunity to go over expectations, products, and preparation for their position. Slide Click

Training is also a great time to assess each employee to see if they are fit for your business. Slide Click A 2010 San Antonio Express newspaper article, states “Certainly the cost of hiring the wrong person impacts a business no matter where in the cycle you happen to be.”

According to a 2010 article in the Journal of Pension, “Raising your employees through education and mentoring will make your organization more professional. As such, you will be more efficient, more profitable, and better able to serve your clients. It will aid in retention and most assuredly will bring you more clients.” Slide Click

In the audience survey, 72% said that they would like to open their own business.

Consider the many substantial benefits of implementing a training program.

Less-employee turnover Slide Click

More productive new employees

Higher morale

Less money lost during search effort and re-hires

What TrainUp offers you, can expand your company’s success quickly.

Evaluation of current employee training needs at every level.

Identification of strengths and weaknesses in employee capabilities an job skills.

A multi-year training program based on these needs for every level and department.

Training professionals to lead each training session.

Evaluation of each training session based on business goals..

Quarterly reports to the leadership team

Transition: In conclusion, let’s review what we have talked about.

Conclusion:

Slide Click REVIEW: We talked about the huge costs to your organization caused by lack of employee training. You are losing customers, dollars, and are constantly hiring new people to replace those who leave in frustration. Your problem is a training problem and the solution is clear! Slide Click New-hire and follow-up training by our firm, TrainUp.

Not having a properly trained staff directly affects your customers and the quality of your business. Slide Click Get the upper hand against your competition. Slide Click Build on your success. Let us help you train your staff at the beginning of their employment. We will develop and implement a training program that will prepare your people for success! Slide Click Are you ready? TrainUp is!

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