Commercial Onboarding Excellence: Program Structure, Elements and Venues

STUDY OVERVIEW

Organizations rely on onboarding programs to help speed up the process of making new employees productive workers. Some of the important facets that influence the quality of an onboarding program are its program structure/characteristics, duration, and venues.

Best Practices, LLC conducted this research study to gain insights into key factors associated with onboarding (Learning & Development) activities – including structure, program duration, class elements and venues – in order to help leadership evaluate their organization’s approach to onboarding relative to other market leaders.

KEY TOPICS

• Onboarding Program Structure and Scope
• Engaging Employees Quickly & Effectively: Critical Onboarding Program Elements

• Managing onboarding process in the company
• Types of employees included in the onboarding activities
• Engagement of new employees in the onboarding process
• Numbers of days of initial onboarding program provide to a new employee
• Onboarding staff continue to engage with new employees after the initial training/socialization program ends
• Activities accomplish one day before to help ensure onboarding success and early employee engagement
• Factors to create a positive and memorable first impression of the onboarding event for attendees
• Percentage of onboarding uses from various methods

• Most Onboarding Programs Last a Week or More: The initial onboarding program for more than 60 Percent of Pharma/Device segment consists of a week or more (18 percent do one week, 45 percent do more than a week). A majority of all participants have programs that go a week or more.
• Live Classroom Viewed as Best Venue for Most Onboarding Topics: A majority of the Pharma/Device segment preferred a live classroom venue for five of the10 training topics listed. A majority of all study participants preferred live classrooms for nine of the 10 training topics.
  

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