Onboarding and employee

engagement practices adopted by it

firms

Onboarding
It refers to the mechanism through
which new employees acquire the
necessary knowledge, skills, and
behaviors to become effective
organizational members and insiders

Best Practices for Onboarding

Implement the basics prior to the first day
on the job.
Make the first day on the job special.
Use formal orientation programs.
Develop a written onboarding plan.
Make onboarding participatory.
Be sure your program is consistently
implemented.
Ensure that the program is monitored over
time.

 Use technology to facilitate the process.

Use milestones, such as 30, 60, 90 and 120 days
on the joband up to one year post-organizational
entryto check in on employee progress.
Engage stakeholders in planning.
Include key stakeholder meetings as part of the
program.
Be crystal clear with new employees in terms of:
Objectives.
Timelines.
Roles.
Responsibilities

Model for onboarding

CASE :
Keeping On-boarding up-to-date at
Microsoft
Even with a challenging economy, the company
expects to start 8,000 employees in 2010.
With such a large influx of newcomers each year,
Microsoft saw an opportunity to leverage
onboarding of employees around the world.

The corporate onboarding mission is to

enhance the new employee experience
through high quality, scalable onboarding
programs and frameworks that support
Microsofts business goals, advance the
aspire to culture, encourage community,
and build organizational capability to
onboard others

After a major revision of the company process, the team

came up with a framework that includes core philosophies:
Managers play a critical role
Peer mentors provide safe havens for new employees
to ask questions, gain knowledge and explore the culture
everyones jobnot just HRs
Team members play a critical role in providing support,
knowledge and a welcoming climate

CASE :
IBM Assimilation Process
IBM takes a very proactive approach to
onboarding, and does it in three stages:
First, affirmation begins prior to the new
employees arrival
Second, beginning is thefirst 30 days of
work
The third stage is connecting.