This is the 2216th most frequent Japanese word.
社員
Employee; company staff member.
In this sentence, 社員 refers to employees as a group within an organization, focusing on their role as contributors to the company's success.
社員は会社の重要な資源です。
Employees are an important asset to the company.
Here, 社員, combined with 新入 (new), specifies the newcomers to a company, emphasizing their training phase within its organizational structure.
新入社員は今週から研修を始めます。
The new employees will start their training this week.
In this usage, 社員 is a status or position within a company, highlighting a personal connection to the speaker.