Onboarding new employees is a secure investment that will assist newly hired employees in developing their skills, knowledge, and value within the company. It will help match the technically skilled Millennial workforce with new and emerging needs of your company, which gives your company an advantage within the market.

Millennial Onboarding is a specialized type of employee onboarding. With Millennials we are seeing a need to tweak the onboarding process to better suit the needs of the company and new hires. It will increase productivity and produce a happier and more skilled workforce. The new hire phase is a critical time for the employee and company and having a structured set of procedures will make this time run smoother and produce a greater chance of success.

Completing this course will confer 2 CPD Credits towards internationally recognised Continuous Professional Development Requirements within organisations operating this kind of staff development methodology.

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started

Module Two: Purpose Of Onboarding

• Start-Up Costs
• Employee Anxiety
• Employee Turnover
• Realistic Expectations
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Three: Introduction

• Why Onboarding?
• Importance Of Onboarding
• Making Employees Feel Welcome
• First Day Checklist
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Four: Millennia’s And Onboarding

• Who Are Millennials?
• How Do Millennials Differ From Other Employees?
• Investiture Socialization – Let Them Be Themselves
• Informal Rather Than Formal Onboarding Processes
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Five: Onboarding Checklist

• Pre-Arrival
• Arrival
• First Day
• First Week
• First Month
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Six: Engaging the Millennial Employee

• Create An Informal Program Rather Than A Formal One
• Engage Employees One On One
• Role of Human Resources
• Role of Managers
• Review Questions

Module Seven: Following Up With the Millennial Employee            

• Initial Check-In – One on One    
• Following up – Regular, Informal Follow Ups      
• Setting Schedules – Millennials and Work-Life   
• Mentoring and the Millennial    
• Case Study
• Review Questions              

Module Eight: Setting Expectations with the Millennial Employee          

• Define Requirements – Provide Specific Instructions      
• Identify Opportunities for Improvement and Growth    
• Set Verbal Expectations               
• Put It in Writing
• Case Study         
• Review Questions           

Module Nine

• Be Hands-On and Involved         
• Serial Mentoring             
• Be a Mentor, Not an Authority Figure    
• Focus Millennia’s Exploratory Drive on Work      
• Case Study         
• Review Questions              

Module Ten:Assigning Work to the Millennial Employee              

• Provide Clear Structure and Guidelines 
• Provide Specific Benchmarks     
• Set Boundaries and Provide Reality Checks         
• Guide, Don’t Dictate      
• Case Study         
• Review Questions               

Module Eleven: Providing Feedback              

• Millennials Thrive on Feedback!               
• Characteristics of Quality Feedback        
• Informal Feedback         
• Formal Feedback            
• Case Study
• Review Questions