Developing an Effective Onboarding Program: The Key to New Hire Retention

After all the time and money spent finding the right hire, the work isn't over on day one. This 90-minute onboarding program webinar shows how to keep 'recruiting' new employees through their critical first months.

Onboarding runs from offer acceptance to full integration. Traditional orientation dumps policies, benefits and safety information on the first day, which overloads new hires. A phased approach builds relationships with the people who will manage, coach and support them, and helps them gain the knowledge, skills and behaviors to succeed.

You'll learn the difference between onboarding and orientation, a step-by-step build process, checklists, pre-start preparation, roles for HR, managers and IT, buddy programs, virtual onboarding, feedback and evaluation.

• Explain how onboarding differs from orientation and why it matters
• Gain senior leadership buy-in for your onboarding program
• Create an onboarding program step by step, with checklists
• Prepare for a new hire's first day and assign responsibilities to HR, managers and IT
• Set up a buddy program and onboard employees in virtual locations
• Collect new hire feedback and evaluate the program

• The differences between onboarding and orientation
• Why effective onboarding is so important
• Benefits of an effective onboarding program
• Getting senior leadership buy-in for a new or revised program
• A step-by-step approach to creating the program
• Developing and using onboarding checklists
• Preparation to complete before a new hire's first day
• Responsibilities of HR, managers, IT and others
• Developing a buddy program
• Onboarding new hires in virtual locations
• Asking new employees for feedback
• Evaluating your new program

Effective onboarding leads to higher job satisfaction, better performance, stronger commitment, less stress and lower intent to quit. It can decide whether top new hires stay or leave after a few months, and it shows that the company values its people.

This session suits senior management, HR, recruiting, learning and development and operations professionals, managers and supervisors who want to reduce turnover and help new hires become effective faster.

• Senior Management
• HR Professionals
• Recruiting Professionals
• Learning and Development Professionals
• Operations Professionals
• Managers & Supervisors

Diane L. Dee, President and Founder of Advantage HR Consulting, LLC is a senior Human Resources professional with over 25 years of experience in the HR arena. Diane’s background includes experience in HR consulting, training, and administration in corporate, government, consulting, and pro bono environments.

Diane founded Advantage HR Consulting in early 2016. Under Diane’s leadership, Advantage HR Consulting provides comprehensive, cost-effective Human Resources solutions for small to mid-sized public and private firms in the greater Chicagoland area.  Diane also develops and conducts webinars on a wide variety of HR compliance and administrative topics for various training firms across the country.   Additionally, Diane is the author of multiple white papers addressing various HR compliance topics.

Diane holds a Master's Certificate in Human Resources from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and has attained SPHR and SHRM-SCP certifications. Diane is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Society for Human Resource Management. Additionally, Diane performs pro bono work through the Taproot Foundation assisting non-profit clients by integrating their Human Resources goals with their corporate strategies.