Employee Onboarding

January 28, 2016

Online Training Needs Analysis For Each Of The 5 Stages Of Employment

From new hires to seasoned veterans, the corporate workforce contains diverse employee groups. Knowing the distinction between them and how to meet their specific online training needs is essential. In this article, I will highlight the different online training needs for each of the 5 stages of employment, as this has a significant impact on your corporate online training design.

by Christopher Pappas

January 19, 2016

Creative Instructional Design: Featuring 3 Innovative Onboarding And Induction Examples

All of us are aware of the impact of well-designed onboarding and induction programs. Today, several organizations prefer an eLearning-based approach to deliver them. They seek learning strategies that can deliver high impact programs that can induct new team members quickly and efficiently. With changes in learner demographics that now include Millennials in significant numbers, organizations are looking at more engaging and immersive formats that appeal to this profile.

by Asha Pandey

December 31, 2015

6 Tips To Use Blended Learning For Onboarding

Recruiting great talents for your company is not enough; you need to retain them for a long time in order to achieve long-term success. In this article, I'll share why using blended learning is a highly effective method to make sure that your new hires are successfully integrated into your work culture, and I'll suggest 6 tips on how to use blended learning for onboarding in order to have full control over this major determinant for the success of your organization.

by Christopher Pappas

December 18, 2015

How Personalized Onboarding Ignites Your Staff

Looking to capture the energy of a new staff member when they join your team? In this article we will be taking a look at how implementing personalized onboarding gets the most of your new employees during their onboarding experience.

by Scott Cooper

December 16, 2015

6 Tips To Create Online Onboarding Training Experiences That Stick

Printing out the job description is certainly not an effective onboarding method. Online onboarding training, when done right, can play a critical role in offering valuable support for your new employees, as it can truly enhance the onboarding process and ensure that your newly hired staff gets the right sense of direction and purpose. In this article, I’ll share 6 tips to help you create online onboarding training experiences that stick and ensure that your new employees are thrilled to join your company.

by Christopher Pappas

October 8, 2015

Top 4 Things Your New Employees Hate About Training

Bets are that your employees dread training days. And they dread training days because they view them as a waste of time. In this article I will share the top 4 things your employees hate about training and what you can do about it.

by Boaz Amidor

June 17, 2015

Adapting Your Onboarding With Diversity

The workday is busy enough as it is, and many people use standardization and routine as a way of making their seemingly endless to-do lists more manageable. While this is a great technique for many tasks, standardization in onboarding fails to make use of the inherent diversity each worker brings to the table.

by Max Yoder

June 14, 2015

8 Tips To Create A Successful Employee Online Training Orientation Program

How can you make your new employees feel welcome, inspired, and proud to be starting a career in your company? In this article, I’ll share 8 top tips to create a successful employee online training orientation program in order to help you not only fully cover all important issues and considerations during the orientation process, but also make your newly hired staff feel lucky they work for your organization.

by Christopher Pappas

May 18, 2015

Online Induction Training - Because First Impressions Count!

Did you know that most people decide how long they will stay in their job within the first week of employment? Successful induction courses are your chance to show new employees what makes your company tick and pave the way for an easy, enjoyable, and productive integration. Here we look at the advantages of taking your company induction course online!

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

April 24, 2015

Gamification Does Not Equal Games, It Equals Engagement And Innovation

You have probably heard the definition:  Gamification is the concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage a target audience to change behavior, learn new skills or engage in innovation or problem solving skills. If an employee can learn new skills, be more engaged, and be innovative or increase problem-solving skills then why aren’t more companies embracing gamification? I believe some companies feel that gamification equals “games”, and they feel they don’t have time for their employees to play games. In this article, I am going to give two great examples of how gamification can change different types of training material and have a positive result.

by Anne Paine

April 11, 2015

4 Secret Tips For Gamifying Call Center Onboarding

Remember your first few days on the job? Terrifying to say the least. Onboarding makes the transition into work simpler and ensures employees have the basic skills they need. This article gives readers 4 tips for new employee onboarding, using call center employee onboarding as an example.

by Gal Rimon

March 18, 2015

Welcome Aboard! 5+1 Practical Steps To Increase The Effectiveness Of Your Induction Program

While most companies have an orientation and induction program in place, not all programs have specific KPIs or metrics related to employees’ satisfaction, engagement, inclusion, ease-of-use and personalisation. The truth is, that the higher the satisfaction, the higher the engagement and participation in key assets of the course; making the induction process more effective.

by Elias Parlavantzas