Effective Onboarding: How to Welcome, Engage, and Retain New Employees with Your In-Person and Virtual On-boarding

You only get one chance at a first impression, and for a new hire that chance is onboarding. Whether you call it onboarding, induction or new employee orientation, the way you welcome and train people shapes their success and whether they stay.

This 75-minute employee onboarding training treats onboarding as a strategy that reaches well beyond day one. Good onboarding raises engagement and gets new hires productive sooner; poor onboarding brings higher turnover, lower productivity and lower profit.

You'll follow the process from the job offer through the first day with HR and the department, and look at onboarding portals, virtual employees, buddies, managing expectations, checklists and new-hire surveys.

• Explain why to communicate with new hires before their start date
• Make sure current employees welcome the new hire
• Use a mentor or buddy to ease the transition
• Help new employees feel comfortable from day one
• Onboard virtual employees effectively
• Use checklists so new hires get the information they need quickly
• Survey new hires to keep improving your onboarding program

• The importance of a good first impression
• A case story: what went wrong?
• What to do after the job offer
• First day: human resources
• First day: the department
• Onboarding portals
• Onboarding virtual employees
• Assigning a buddy
• Managing expectations
• Onboarding checklists
• New-hire onboarding surveys
• Action items

New hires arrive motivated but uncertain, and if they are not settled into their role, workplace and team, they may leave. A strong onboarding process matters to the success of HR and of the whole organization.

This session helps HR professionals, payroll and benefits administrators, business managers and owners bring new employees on board in person or virtually and keep them engaged.

• Human Resources Professionals
• Payroll administrators
• Benefits Professionals
• Business Managers
• Business Owners

Bob McKenzie brings over 40 years of extensive human resources management experience to the table. With a rich background spanning various industries in both the private sector, public sector, and nonprofit organizations, Bob has honed his expertise in all facets of HR practices.

His insights and expertise have been recognized in numerous Human Resources trade publications, including HR.com, HR Magazine, HR Florida Review, Vault.com, BNA, the Institute of Management and Administration, and the Business Journals. As a sought-after speaker, Bob has graced several conferences and led engaging audio and web-based seminars.

Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce Degree with double majors in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior from Rider University. Currently residing in Brunswick, GA, Bob continues to be a driving force in the HR industry, offering valuable insights and solutions to organizations worldwide.