Strategies for Successful Employee On-boarding

This course introduces the concept of employee onboarding and demonstrates that it's a wise investment if properly executed. Onboarding programs rebuke the old adage that it is HR who deals with new hires. On the contrary, it's managers who should be deeply involved for the program to be successful. After completing this course, you'll be able to demonstrate to employers that you have the necessary skills to get new arrivals up to speed and performing.

Why do this course?

• Looks great on your CV
• Shows recruiters you have the skills they are looking for
• Gives you a great grounding in team management

An Introduction

• This course provides managers with an insight into their unique role and outlines the benefits they reap from properly onboarding new hires.
• The course illustrates the key elements of an effective onboarding program, and explains how onboarding is different from traditional orientation.
• Rather than being an event, onboarding becomes an ongoing process that can last upwards of a year. During this time, employees have a greater chance of becoming acculturated with the organisation, and will become more productive in a quicker period of time than with orientation alone.
• Furthermore, a successful onboarding program can greatly decrease employee turnover, as new employees feel engaged and motivated in their new roles.

Getting Started

• This course introduces actions you can take before the new hire arrives.
• It then considers the activities that should take place in the ensuing days, weeks, and months. It is the manager – not HR – who's responsible for the onboarding program and who can make or break the process.
• To that end, the course provides tips for how the manager can best embrace the process and be aware of the challenges it involves. The buddy system, a valuable part of the onboarding program, is explained in detail.

Assessing Program Success

• This course introduces key areas to focus on when evaluating your onboarding program, including how to assess new hire adjustment levels.
• The importance of soliciting feedback from participants is stressed, as well as the common issues that arise during onboarding.
• The course also reviews metrics for measuring the success of the actual program such as retention rates, employee satisfaction, and time to competency.

What’s included?

• Hands-on interactive exercises - learn by doing

In partnership with Skillsoft

reed.co.uk has partnered with SkillSoft, the world’s leading provider of eLearning, to offer you all the quality training you need. You will be learning on SkillSoft software. SkillSoft is the world leader in e-learning for businesses, and is used by multinational companies such as FedEx, Hilton, VirginMedia and Hewlett Packard. By training with SkillSoft you will be working with an industry recognised organisation and investing in training that employers already know and trust.

Please note:

Please allow 24 hours to receive your online training details. If your order is made over the weekend, your online training details will be provided on the following Monday morning.

This SkillSoft course is not aligned to any certification or exam - it is a course to teach knowledge and skills.

This course is designed specifically for for use on desktop browsers. Performance on mobile devices may vary and compatibility with non-desktop devices is not guaranteed.