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Prevent new employees from leaving within a year: learn how to set up an onboarding that works.
You have invested weeks in recruitment. Finally found the right person. And then it happens: your new colleague gets a desk, a laptop, and has to figure out how everything works on their own. After a few weeks, they wonder if this was the right choice after all.

The result? High turnover in the first year. New employees who take months to become productive. Low engagement. And all your time and money spent on recruitment: wasted.

In this training, you will discover how to turn onboarding into a process that engages and retains new employees from day one. You will learn how to transform that first workday into a positive experience that sets the tone for their entire time at your organization.

What is the result?
After this training:

1. Design a personalized onboarding process that suits your organization.
2. Make your new employees productive faster
3. Set up your feedback systems to continuously improve onboarding.
4. Avoid common mistakes that scare off new employees
5. Build a pre-boarding approach that exceeds expectations
6. Set up a buddy or mentor system that supports newcomers
7. Increase the retention and engagement of new colleagues

A recruiter from an organization that was already well on its way left with improvements from pre-boarding to the first day of work.

Training program content
Onboarding as a strategy

• Critical success factors for a good start
• Common disappointments and how to prevent them
• Pre-boarding: the period between contract and first working day
• Setting up buddy and mentor systems
• Feedback mechanisms for engagement and retention

Creating a strong start

• Setting up an onboarding program
• Checklists for pre-boarding, first day of work, and buddy programs
• Inspiration from successful onboarding programs
• Deployment of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Claude
• Tips for persuasive presentations

Included: onboarding templates, checklists, and practical tips for the first 3 months.

Trainers
Jacco Valkenburg is a recruitment architect, author of 9 trade books including 'Recruitment 4.0', and has been training recruiters and HR professionals for 25 years. Daan Hamaker delivers more than 100 interactive training sessions annually and, as a presentation trainer, focuses on storytelling.

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