Hiring
How do I make an onboarding plan
If you need to know how to introduce your new employee to your corporate culture, take a look at our step-by-step onboarding plan
Hiring
If you need to know how to introduce your new employee to your corporate culture, take a look at our step-by-step onboarding plan
Marcos Lopez
HR Consultant
19 of February, 2021
Starting to work for a new employer can be seen as one step in a journey. The journey begins before the employee even is hired and ends well after leaving. Each step is essential to ensuring your employee to get off to the right start, hence why an onboarding plan is so important for your organisation’s recruitment process.
You have hired your perfect candidate. Now there is the ‘onboarding’. Get it wrong and you could end with an early departure or at least a dissatisfied employee.
Before even starting, the recruitment team should ensure the new employee has all the practical information they need for the onboarding plan. They must remain available even after the start date. They were the first contact with the new hire and should be there for support. This could involve other teams to follow up on, for example:
The new team, and most importantly, the line manager should plan the first days in detail prior to the start:
After 4-6 weeks on the job, line management and HR should take the opportunity to check how the onboarding is going. Is the employee in a honeymoon period or are they in a nightmare?
Schedule feedback involving the new hire, their management and Recruitment:
This feedback is not only essential for the new hire and manager, but also for HR to continuously develop its guidance to managers for an effective onboarding.
Every step of the employee journey is an opportunity for the company to make a mark, not only with that employee, but with all the contacts of that employee, family, friends, acquaintances: part of the creation of the employer brand.