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Onboarding Training
This Onboarding Training course has been designed to explain what onboarding is and why it's so important, who’s responsible for the onboarding process, how to prepare and deliver an onboarding process, and why it’s necessary to follow up with a new starter and get their feedback.
4.3/5 based on 6 course reviews
Learning outcomes
- Understand what onboarding is and why it’s so important
- Understand your responsibilities in the onboarding process
- Know how to prepare an onboarding plan
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1 The Basics of Onboarding
- 2 The Onboarding Process
- 3 Follow Up & Feedback
SECTION 1
In the opening section of this training course, we look at what onboarding is, what it should cover, and the benefits of onboarding.
SECTION 2
In this section of the course, we look at the different stages of onboarding including the preboarding plan, onboarding plan, the first day, and transition to role.
SECTION 3
In the final section of this training course, we cover why it’s important to schedule regular check-ins with your new starter.
About this course
Every organisation has a unique culture and working environment that can be challenging for a new starter, especially if they lack guidance, which is why a well-organised onboarding process can make all the difference.
This online Onboarding Training course has been designed for managers who contribute to and implement an onboarding process. They will learn all about onboarding – what it is, why it’s important, and who’s responsible, among other things.
The CPD accredited course can be completed in just 35 minutes and provides a printable certificate upon completion of the end-of-training test.
Presented by
Michelle LivingsThe importance of Onboarding Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Onboarding Training certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Onboarding Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Onboarding Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
6 real user reviews
some of the session was repetitive
was easy to follow but felt some of it was repetitive
Thorough but makes some assumptions
The onboarding training is fairly detailed and invaluable for conveying the importance of planning for employee's arrival before they start, as well as ensuring that an appropriate level of structure and clarity is present throughout their induction period. The only slight downside of this training is that it makes certain assumptions regarding who will be in charge of a task - e.g. stating definitively that HR will consider employee pension eligibility or (when it may in fact be Finance) or arrange DBS checks (which may not be relevant). It would be better if these statements were left flexible and indicate who may be responsible for these tasks rather than outright confirming and potentially being wrong.
Informative
Straight forward with some nice ideas.
The course was in great detail
Great course and it has showed me how important the onboarding process is to ensure new starters feel welcomed and connected with other employees within the business.
Clear, concise and informative.
The course provided a very clear structure and ideas on how an On Boarding Plan could be presented with the importance being on making any new employee feel comfortable, loved and belonging.
Brilliant informative course
Brilliant course that gave some ideas on how to make an induction process better and settling goals for 30, 60 and 90 days and getting better feedback on inductions
Why is this training important?
Business benefits
The psychologist Abraham Maslow has suggested that humans have a set of 5 needs that must be met in order for us to thrive as individuals – and he believed one of those is “love and belonging”. We see this need in action all the time; whenever we meet someone for the first time, what do we do? We try to get to know them. We ask them questions to find common ground – do we have shared interests, tastes, and beliefs? Is there a shared culture to which we both belong?
When a new starter joins an organisation, they’re joining a new community and a new culture. If they don’t feel like they belong, they’re going to struggle to fit in and find their place, which means they won’t feel comfortable contributing and they won’t be able to flourish - they may even decide to leave and a real opportunity will be missed on both sides. This is why it’s crucial to have an effective onboarding process to welcome new colleagues, to help them feel like a valued member of the team, and to encourage them to perform to the best of their ability.
As a manager, whether you’re contributing to an onboarding process for the first time, or improving an existing one, this course will help you make that all important first impression.
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