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Emerging HR Leaders--Onboarding Community of Practice
Onboarding is, not only, the induction of a new employee into an organization, but is the dynamic process of ensuring new employees have the knowledge, skills, and organizational awareness to become committed, effective members of the agency. Successful onboarding is crucial to engaging employees from their first day on the job and aiding in employee engagement and retention. Successful onboarding programs often include a variety of interventions and contacts with new employees beyond their first day, often including things like orientation sessions, new employee surveys, mentoring programs, and participation in cohorts. The Onboarding CoP will help you access tools, resources, and the network that will help you work with your agency to develop a true onboarding program and move beyond the limits of a single orientation session or Entrance on Duty (EOD) session.
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Onboarding
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Orientation
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Strategic with an impact on bottom-line results
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Operational
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Evolving and progressive
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Traditional
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An ongoing process
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An event
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Used for transferred and promoted employees, as well as new hires
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Is most often limited to new employees
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Delivers information that is unique and customized to the individual employee and is generally handed out on an as-needed basis
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Delivers information that is common to all new hires usually within a classroom setting
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Has a long-term focus, and can last up to a year or more
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Is a short term program, typically lasting from one day to two weeks
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