Millennial Onboarding

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Course Description

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

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 the company; having a structured procedure will make this time run smoother and produce a greater chance of success.

10+

Hours

63

Lectures

$60

Price

WHAT TO EXPECT

Learning Objectives

  • Define onboarding
  • Discuss the characteristics of Millennials
  • Create an onboarding process for Millennials 
  • Develop action plans for working with Millennials
  • Learn from introspection

Course Outline

Module One: Purpose Of Onboarding

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

Module Two: Introduction

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

Module Three: Millennias 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
  • Module Three: Review Questions

Module Four: Onboarding Checklist

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

Module Five: 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
  • Case Study
  • Module Five: Review Questions

Module Six: 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 the Millennial
  • Case Study
  • Module Six: Review Questions

Module Seven: Setting Expectations with the Millennial Employee

  • Define Requirements – Provide Specific Instructions
  • Identify Opportunities for Improvement and Growth
  • Set Verbal Expectations – Specific, Clear, Systematic
  • Put It In Writing – Specific, Clear, Systematic
  • Case Study
  • Module Seven: Review Questions

Module Eight: Mentoring the Millennial Employee

  • Be Hands-On and Involved
  • Serial Mentoring
  • Be a Mentor, Not an Authority Figure
  • Focus Millennials" Exploratory Drive on Work
  • Case Study
  • Module Eight: Review Questions

Module Nine: 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
  • Module Nine: Review Questions

Module Ten: Providing Feedback

  • Millennials Thrive on Feedback
  • Characteristics of Good Feedback
  • Informal Feedback
  • Formal Feedback
  • Case Study
  • Module Ten: Review Questions

Assessment