Remotely Onboarding Your New Hire: Policies, Practices, and Processes

Remote onboarding changes how you welcome and engage new hires, and many virtual practices are worth keeping long term. Whether you call it onboarding, induction or new employee orientation (NEO), the way you welcome and train people shapes their success and eases first-job jitters.

This 90-minute webinar treats onboarding as a process that starts once the offer is accepted and runs through the first year. New arrivals care most about three things: their job, their boss and their coworkers. You'll learn virtual tactics such as getting computers and technology to new hires, handling I-9s, virtual lunches, fun activities and buddies.

Sample checklists for managers, HR and buddies, onboarding portal ideas and evaluation forms are included.

• Describe onboarding tactics for virtual new hires
• Handle practical details such as technology, virtual lunches and I-9s
• Define the roles of HR, the supervisor, the buddy and the new employee
• Distinguish orientation to the organization from orientation to the department
• Use checklists for the first day, week, month and 90 days
• Assess, design, implement and evaluate your onboarding and NEO strategy
• Apply virtual onboarding best practices

• Onboarding tactics for virtual new hires
• Practical details: computers and technology, virtual lunches and I-9s
• Roles of HR, the supervisor, the buddy and the new hire
• Orientation to the organization vs orientation to the department
• Checklists for the first day, first week, first month and first 90 days
• Sample checklists for the manager or supervisor, HR and the buddy
• Tips on orienting the virtual employee
• Suggested lists and topics for an onboarding portal, and portal systems
• Selecting and using a buddy
• The manager and new hire expectations discussion
• Orientation evaluation forms for the new hire, HR, the buddy and management
• Evaluating your onboarding process and virtual onboarding best practices

A well-run onboarding process gets new hires productive in their new virtual role, connected with virtual colleagues and positive about their employer. It is one of the most valuable investments an employer can make.

This session suits HR generalists and managers, and supervisors and managers of departments in any industry who welcome and train remote employees.

• All industries - Human Resources – generalists and managers
• Supervisors and managers of departments or units in any industry

Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer and consultant. Her specialty areas include management/leadership development, organization development, communication, and harassment and bullying. She is an expert witness for discrimination and harassment lawsuits. She trains and consults with business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and private sector. Dr. Strauss has authored over 30 book chapters, books, and articles in professional journals. She has been featured on 20/20, CBS Evening News, and other television and radio programs as well as interviewed for newspaper and journal articles. She has her doctorate in organizational leadership, is a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and human services, a master’s degree in community health, and professional certificate in training and development.