Description
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.
Designed for
Managers, Supervisors and leader managing Millennials.
Those onboarding Millennials.
Those working with Millennials.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
Define onboarding.
Discuss the characteristics of Millennials.
Create an onboarding process for Millennials.
Develop action plans for working with Millennials.
Learn from introspection.
Getting Started
Just to make sure the experience is as smooth as possible we’d like to suggest a couple of things you may or will need to get on with the course:
While we are happy for anyone to enrol in the course, we suggest that you should be at least managing/leading a team (big or small) or preparing for a role that requires your leadership skills
Internet connection is a big must
Readiness to learn, remember this is about you and so you need to be ready to take time to yourself and motivate yourself
Maybe something to write some notes down or ideas, but don’t worry the course documents can be downloaded at the end of the course for you to review and use at any time
Have fun!
The Course Outline
What’s in it for me: We will discuss the startup costs for employees. Learn how to employee anxiety and employee turnover and what should be your realistic expectations.
Videos: 6 Self Assessment: 3 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1
Introduction
What’s in it for me: This section discusses why onboarding is needed and its importance. How to make employees feel welcome and the use of First Day Checklist.
Videos: 1 Self Assessment: 0 Checklist: 0 Exercise: 1
Millennials and Onboarding
What’s in it for me: Learn about who are the Millennials and how do Millennials differ from other workers? Introduce Investiture Socialization (Let them be themselves). What are the advantages of informal onboarding process over the formal one?
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1
Onboarding Checklist
What’s in it for me: This section covers onboarding checklists included Pre-Arrival, Arrival, First Day, First Week, and First Month of an employee.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Check list: 1 Exercise: 1
Engaging the Millennial Employee
What’s in it for me: Learn how to create an informal program to engage millennial employees one on one. Discuss the role of both Human Resources and Managers in it.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1
Following Up with the Millennial Employee
What’s in it for me: Here, we learn about how to follow up with the millennial employees. Areas discussed included one-on-one initial check-in, regular follow-ups and informal follow-ups, setting schedules for millennials with their work-life, and at last how to mentor them through.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1
Setting Expectations for the Millennial Employee
What’s in it for me: Learn about how to define requirements for millennial employees by providing specific instructions. Learn to identify opportunities for improvement and growth. Also, we discuss the need to set verbal expectations and put it in writing.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1
Mentoring the Millennial
What’s in it for me: Get to know what serial mentoring is and how to be a mentor instead of an authority figure. Learn how to be hands-on and involved with the millennials by focusing on their exploratory drive on work.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Check list: 1 Exercise: 1
Assigning Work to the Millennial Employee
What’s in it for me: This section discusses the importance of providing clear structure and guidelines when assigning work to millennial employees. Provide specific benchmarks, set boundaries and provide reality checks are also discussed. Remember, guide, don’t dictate.
Videos: 16 Self Assessment: 4 Check list: 1 Exercise: 1
Providing Feedback
What’s in it for me: Millennials thrive on feedback! In this section, we will look at the characteristics of quality feedback, informal feedback, and formal feedback.
Videos: 1 Self Assessment: 0 Check list: 1 Exercise: 0
Closing up the course
What’s in it for me: You’ve done it, well done! But don’t stop here. Let’s summarize all you have learnt and remember knowledge is no good kept in a cupboard. Implement what you have learnt, try the tools and see the outcome until you find a combination that works for you! Congratulations we know you got what it takes to make a great leader!
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