I'm curious to hear about your experiences with onboarding as you've moved into new roles or joined new companies. A smooth onboarding process can make a world of difference in how quickly we settle into our new responsibilities and feel like part of the team.  How would you rate your onboarding experience at your most recent role or when you last joined a new company?

Excellent - Comprehensive9%

Good - Covered the basics71%

Fair - Lacked structure7%

Poor - Limited resources11%

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Sustainable Supply Chain Adviser in Healthcare and Biotecha month ago

To be frank, the last role for me was an interim Global VP Supply Chain, so that's not easy to onboard, but the company did an abysmal job....I basically onboarded myself...pretty fast.

CTO in Healthcare and Biotech10 months ago

I truly believe that an onboarding experience can make a difference of an employee struggling or thriving in the short term in any company.

In the company I’m in, I was basically sent to the railroad without any knowledge of what would I do, and which metrics they were going to measure me. All this changed often, till 4 months later when everything settled and there was a true direction of where the business had to go.

To avoid these pain points for all hirings in the Engineering department, I created a strong onboarding process that allows the new hiring to understand everything there is to know:

1. Welcome aboard 🎉
2. Understanding the ground 🌎
3. Role immersion 👩‍💼👨‍💼
4. Month 1: First feedback ( Listening 4X, Talking 1X )
5. Month 2: Second feedback ( Listening 1X, Talking 4X )
6. Month 3: Integration and consolidation
7. Gamification
8. Dream wall
9. Time capsule
10. Storytelling
11. What is …?
12. Culture

All these processes allows the new hiring to understand their objectives, what the company is and where we are heading to, to take ownership, to understand feedback and provide it as well, to have a vision of what’s coming and set up personal goals for themselves.

Obviously, this onboarding process can be modified by them, if they see an improvement of it. I’m open to discussing new changes and applying them.

Head – HR Operations, Digital HR & Corporate HR Strategy in Software2 years ago

in my organization we have designed a comprehensive onboarding module which not only created a sense of belonging amongst employees but also reduced infant attrition by 5%

VP HR - EMEA in Manufacturing2 years ago

There is a difference between onboarding and integration; onboarding is getting up to speed and making sure that all is working, set up and put in place for the newcomer to be effective and feel welcomed (and that the company was ready for the arrival ;-) ). Integration is then making sure the newcomer is introduced to the right stakeholders, gets a new leader assimilation, a buddy/mentor and is getting the right seat at the table in meetings and projects that matter. You can do great in practical onboarding but if the person does not feel integrated or when integration is not well thought through, the new person will be floating or swimming too long and the newcomer experience will be at stake.

Principal Consultant in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Our team does a really good job onboarding, both to our firm and client site. When they onboard with the firm it can feel like drinking from a firehose, so we don't rush it and make sure there's time for the admin, but also enough time for meeting folks on the team (virtually and in person). We make sure they're all set up, but know who to ask when they have questions.  Similarly when they're ramping on to a project, we make sure logistics are set up for them, there is a time table to ramp, so expectations (depending on the engagement) and a partner to help them navigate through the first week or 2, so the new hire will get a chance to observe, meet folks on the team, but also start to process all the details of the work. Throughout both processes, we try to keep it organized and as many leave behinds as possible so if/ when someone has a question, they can reference and reach out to someone with a question.

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I'm curious to hear about your experiences with onboarding as you've moved into new roles or joined new companies. A smooth onboarding process can make a world of difference in how quickly we settle into our new responsibilities and feel like part of the team. How would you rate your onboarding experience at your most recent role or when you last joined a new company? | Gartner Peer Community