ELEV-HD 015: Millennial Onboarding

The following is the course description for the Millennial Onboarding Course:

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. 

Course Objectives:

Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let’s review our goals for today.  

You Will:

At the end of this workshop, participants 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

 

Target Student:

Course Core Competencies:

Module 1: Purpose of Onboarding

Topic A: Start Up Costs

Topic B: Employee Anxiety

Topic C: Employee Turnover

Topic D: Realistic Expectations

Module 2: Introduction

Topic A: Why Onboarding?

Topic B: Importance of Onboarding

Topic C: Making Employees Feel Welcome

Topic D: First Day Checklist

Module 3: Millennials and Onboarding

Topic A: Who are Millennials?

Topic B: How Do Millennials Differ from Other Workers

Topic C: Investiture Socialization – Let Them Be Themselves

Topic D: Informal Rather than Formal Onboarding Processes

Module 4: Onboarding Checklist

Topic A: Pre-Arrival

Topic B: Arrival

Topic C: First Day

Topic D: First Week

Topic E: First Month

Module 5: Engaging the Millennial Employee

Topic A: Create an Informal Program

Topic B: Engage Employees One-on-One

Topic C: The Role of Human Resources

Topic D: The Role of Managers

Module 6: Following Up with the Millennial Employee

Topic A: Initial Check-In – One-on-One

Topic B: Following Up – Regular, Informal Follow Ups

Topic C: Setting Schedules – Millennials and Work-Life

Topic D: Mentoring and the Millennial

Module 7: Setting Expectations with the Millennial Employee

Topic A: Define Requirements – Provide Specific Instructions

Topic B: Identify Opportunities for Improvement and Growth

Topic C: Set Verbal Expectations

Topic D: Put It in Writing

Module 8: Mentoring the Millennial

Topic A: Be Hands-On and Involved

Topic B: Serial Mentoring

Topic C: Be a Mentor, Not an Authority Figure

Topic D: Focus Millennia’s Exploratory Drive on Work

Module 9: Assigning Work to the Millennial Employee

Topic A: Provide Clear Structure and Guidelines

Topic B: Provide Specific Benchmarks

Topic C: Set Boundaries and Provide Reality Checks

Module 10: Providing Feedback

Topic A: Millennials Thrive on Feedback!

Topic B: Characteristics of Quality Feedback

Topic C: Informal Feedback

Topic D: Formal Feedback