Employee Onboarding Best Practices: From Entry-Level to Senior Executive

OVERVIEW

All too often people are hired and expected to find their own way around. Often there are social and cultural expectations that are not clear to the newcomer. I’ve seen people fail because they didn’t have any help finding their way around the expectations and culture of the company.

Too, they probably weren’t even given all the tools they needed (computer, phone, etc.) in order to start working.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

Because the more help you give or receive as a new employee the faster you can get up to speed and be an active contributor to your organization. This employee onboarding course is especially important for the HR recruitment process and for anyone responsible for helping another person get acclimated.

AREAS COVERED

• Onboarding roles and responsibilities for HR professionals
• The needs of the entry-level employees
• Roles and responsibilities in the workplace
• How do I dress
• What time should I show up
• Personal/social concerns
• Day one thoughts
• The basics: creating comfort for the entry-level new employee and others
• The physical environment and needs
• About the company
• Onboarding new employees who have prior work experience
• The “hard” stuff
• Legal requirements
• Policy and procedures
• Chain of command
• Review of responsibilities
• Physical and technical needs
• The soft-stuff
• Onboarding the executive
• Taking care of the executive
• Relocation help
• Expectations
• Onboarding the person not in your location
• In a satellite location
• Home – or alone in a different location
• Teams working remotely
• New employee orientation
• Three months later
• About the company itself
• Employee services
• Compliance training
• Miscellaneous information
• The lonely employee

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Imagine yourself walking into the office on the first day of your very first real full-time job.  You are terrified. There is so much you need to learn and you are hoping you won’t make some huge embarrassing mistakes.

Imagine yourself walking into the office on the first day of your new position as Senior Vice-President of a company. You need to “hit the ground running” and aren’t even sure where to find your personal office.

Imagine yourself having accepted a position via phone and e-mail and are now about to start working from your desk in your second bedroom at home. You aren’t even sure how to communicate with anyone — or who to communicate within this new company where almost everyone works remotely.

Imagine yourself as the HR professional responsible for creating employee onboarding policy and procedures to onboard all these people with different experiences, needs, and wants.  

What do they have in common? What are the critical differences you need to take into account in order to make each of them comfortable, as well as making sure they are legally compliant, understand and agree to company policy and procedures, respect and agree to comply with the company culture, and of course have everything they need in order to make them successful in their new jobs.

Some companies have formal New Employee Orientation Programs and we will share some of their ideas as well.

In this human resources management training, we will attempt to give you enough information on effective employee onboarding for all levels into what for them is a new organization.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Anyone responsible for onboarding or managing an employee new to the company; from entry-level employee to senior executive – all will benefit.

• HR Professionals
• Training Professionals
• Senior Vice President
• Vice President
• Managing Director
• Regional Vice President
• Project Managers
• Directors
• Chief Learning Officer
• Senior Managers
• Business Owners
• Consultants