Employee induction in licensed retail organisations

The process whereby new recruits are brought into the firm is an important element of human resource management practice. If done well, it can help to retain the new employee and reduce staff turnover. Shows that a cross‐section of firms in the sector now have some form of staff induction programme in place. In most cases, the induction programme is short‐lived and focused on job role and administrative procedures. The survey of these firms suggests that there is a need to embrace best practice from other sectors of the retailing industry, in particular, the recognition that well‐planned and structured induction can play an important role in bringing down staff turnover. However, induction is best seen as a process that commences before the employee starts work and extends through the first two or three months of employment. In the very best instances the new recruit is deliberately eased into the new job. Unit managers play a vital role in delivering the immediate induction programme and management programmes need to ensure that unit managers are themselves trained to train and their performance is monitored.