Employee Onboarding

Designing and delivering effective onboarding experiences for new employees

Course Overview

This course provides learners with an understanding of employee onboarding and the importance of first impressions in shaping long-term engagement and retention. Learners will explore onboarding programme design, pre-boarding, induction, role integration, manager responsibilities and the measurement of onboarding effectiveness. The course is suitable for HR professionals, managers and those responsible for the new employee experience.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the purpose and business case for effective onboarding
• Design an onboarding programme covering the first 90 days
• Apply pre-boarding best practices to engage new starters before day one
• Deliver an effective induction covering culture, systems and role expectations
• Understand manager responsibilities during the onboarding period
• Measure onboarding effectiveness and new starter experience
• Identify and address onboarding failure points

Course Structure (3 topics, 9 lessons)