7 Types of HR Training Videos Every Company should focus on

Workplace training is one of the best techniques for employee retention right now. In the current times, employees want companies to be transparent with them, and actively invest in their learnings. Both of them can be achieved with the help of training. 

In this blog, we will cover only HR training and tell you why and what type of HR training videos can help your employees in their job.

People are leaving their jobs and one of the most-common reasons for that is that they’re not getting “enough attention” at the workplace. Did you just go like - “What does this even mean?” Good. Because this blog is even more important for you.

Gone are the days when companies could recruit employees and after a few days of induction just let them be as is. Employees today want to be ingrained in the culture of the company. They want to witness how their efforts are manifesting into gains for the company.

HR training can help to accomplish all of this. By planning a series of training sessions for the employees, companies can help them realize how they’re serious about their growth. Moreover, with regular HR training, employees can visualize how they play an important role in the success of the organization.

The workplace model has undergone massive changes, especially after the pandemic. Employees are now working from everywhere. Earlier, it was easy to arrange in-person sessions as employees worked in the same place. But, with a distributed workforce it’s a huge challenge to train employees.

In such a case, sending training materials in the form of text is not going to help. Communication in a remote work environment is a big issue. Employees tend to choose a form of communication that helps them to understand the crux without spending a lot of time. And, doesn’t affect their work. 

When you want to satisfy both the conditions, video recorded training material sounds to be the best alternative. Because it’s videos, there is a higher chance of employees finding them engaging and responding positively to the content. Plus, when it’s a video, it’s easier to keep track of the analytics.

There is no perfect list for HR training. It depends on what your objectives are and what you’re planning to achieve with these training sessions. But, we have covered the most essential types of training here for your reference.

Recruitment video training 

Recruitment videos are for attracting new talents to the organization. They’re usually terse, and give a quick overview of the company. As videos are more engaging than text, they work as a fantastic piece of content to break the ice with the interested candidates.

Many companies use recruitment videos on their careers page, so that interested candidates can watch the video, and get a quick overview of the company culture. It has also become a common practice to make such videos specific to a role. This is usually seen for senior positions, but can be done for entry-level roles too. Either way, they’re great for telling candidates what is expected of them. In general, this is one of the great approaches to your recruitment pipeline development

If you plan to make recruitment videos, here are a few tips that will help you -

- Keep it short (try to keep it less than 2 mins)

- Keep it focused on how you recruit and why should someone choose to work with you

- Use animation or other visual elements to make it entertaining

- If you don’t have a video making tool, use screen recorded videos. They work just fine

Orientation video training

Orientation training videos are also known as onboarding training videos. Using orientation videos you can replace boring documents with videos that can contain more information, but consume less amount of time. 

Our suggestion here would be the same - keep it short. But, an orientation process will have multiple things to cover about the company. Therefore, you can split them into parts, and then merge them together, each covering only specific aspects of the company.

Your main goals behind making orientation videos should be - 

- To make the new employee familiar with the company environment

- Take a detailed approach towards induction without overwhelming them

- Introduce them to the company culture

- Brief them about the HR policies

- Acquaint them with the organizational structure, where they stand and how they can grow

Compliance video training

HR compliance videos cover the workplace norms that organizations have to follow. These norms are usually set by federal, state and international agencies. Non-adherence to these norms or any form of violation could result in a severe case of penalty. 

As these norms are focused towards the safety and betterment of employees, it makes sense to train them about these compliance requirements. Moreover, when you take this kind of effort, employees feel that they’re an inclusive part of the company.

HR compliance and workplace norms will differ according to industries and countries too. But, here’s a list of some common HR compliance standards - 

- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

- Payroll compliance

- COBRA (Cessation of Dependency Status and other potential Qualifying Events)

- 401K compliance

- FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)

- OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Product video training

If you ask us, you should train every employee in your department about the product or service you offer. Don’t restrict it to only pre-sales, marketing and support teams. Product video training should be made mandatory even for people who are in finance and admin departments. This is necessary to build a level of understanding between each other and make everyone realize how knowing a product helps them in their growth too.

While you make a video on product training, ensure that you keep a mix of technical training and soft skill training. The technical part of the training will cover the features and the unique selling points of the product or service. But, the other part, about soft skills training, will train your employees on how they should convince customers about investing in the product or service. 

Cross-functional video training​​

One of the best ways of quenching the thirst of employees of learning at the workplace is by arranging cross-functional training sessions. It will give them an exposure of what other teams are doing and how their work has an impact on their daily functioning.

It is also beneficial from the company’s point of view as they can identify talent at an early stage, and then train them to take new responsibilities in the new team. Employees can also take advantage of such opportunities to grow their career and expand their learnings.

One of the best ways of making cross-functional training videos is employee-led video content. Instead of relying on animation or hiring an external agency, you ask employees to record themselves. As such a video is for internal purpose only, they can get more candid with their experience and share their personal stories of success and learnings

Leadership training

Leadership video training is a strategic form of training for building future managers using the existing talent pool. In this form of training, you pick a selected number of employees who have proved their mettle from time to time and show promising future. 

As they are experienced and well-versed with organizational structure and dynamics, in this form of training, you can stress on soft skill training. Other than that, strengthening their interpersonal skills, crisis management and leading others towards a common goal will work in etching the future of the company.

While this seems straight forward, there are a few nuances that you might miss  - 

- Create a curriculum before you start recording the videos

- Interview leaders and managers to take their suggestions on how this training can be made more effective

- Include video testimonials from employees who have been through this training before

- Conduct a survey from time to time to check the feedback from the participants

Diversity training

Organizations now have a very diverse workforce. There are people working in the same company, but from different countries, following different religions, speaking different languages and having multiple cultural backgrounds. Therefore, on certain occasions, an employee might say or act in a particular way that might offend someone from a different background.

Diversity training is a kind of soft skill training that educates employees on how to act with people from different cultural backgrounds and how to speak to them without being disrespectful. It also explains how in case of harassment or a violation, an employee can report such issues.

One of the best ways of making these types of videos is by creating scenarios from everyday work life. They are easy to relate to and don't require a lot of explaining to do. TO make sure that the learnings are sticking with the employees, you can run quizzes later on too. 

These were the most essential HR training every employee in an organization should undergo, according to us. If you take a close look, you will realize that this list does a great job in providing training to employees right when they join the organization to when they reach a particular level of seniority.

By all means, add more video training in between if you feel that will help your employees. As videos are more engaging and interactive for employees, as long as you’re trying your best to give the best value to your employees, the returns are going to be manifold.

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