By Debra Cadman
Brightmine editor: Bar Huberman
In this guide to onboarding new recruits, we look at the crucial components of an effective onboarding programme, providing practical examples of how to: upskill employees in their role; help them understand what it means to be an employee in your organisation; and provide new recruits with the social and emotional support they need to succeed.
This is the second guide in our series on onboarding new recruits:
- Onboarding: What is it and why does it matter?
- Onboarding: Engaging and effective delivery
- Onboarding: Evaluating onboarding
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- Preboarding
- The importance of learning about the organisation and how to facilitate this aspect of onboarding
- How to introduce a new employee to their role
- Developing a new employee’s performance
- Learning and development for a new starter
- Equality, diversity and inclusion during onboarding
- Tailoring onboarding to different employee groups
- School leavers, graduates and apprentices
- Return from long-term absence
- Social support during onboarding
- Buddies
- Preparing a new employee’s workspace and equipment
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About the author
Debra Cadman
Debra is an established HR director with more than 25 years’ experience in HR. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, she held HR posts in the systems integration, insurance, hospitality and telecoms industries.
As a consultant, Debra has worked with the public and private sectors, including corporate clients and small and medium-sized enterprises.
Debra has led change in both her corporate role and as a consultant, particularly around talent management, TUPE and employee relations. Debra has extensive knowledge relating to the creation of strong collaborative working environments through consultation, including working in unionised environments.
She has spoken at several high-profile events, such as the CIPD and TUC conferences, to demonstrate a best-practice approach to other organisations on topics such as employee voice and the approach to outsourcing.
Debra is a Fellow of the CIPD and is an assessor for the CIPD Experience assessment programme.
Bar Huberman
Content manager, HR strategy and practice, Brightmine
Bar is a former solicitor with more than 18 years’ experience focused on serving the needs of businesses and HR professionals. She leads the HR strategy and practice team, which focuses on developing content that meets the priorities of HR professionals in strategic roles. Bar’s team works with leading experts in their field to shape practical content that helps organisations become an employer of choice, as well as guidance to train line managers in people skills.
Prior to joining Brightmine, Bar was a solicitor at a leading firm in Brighton, and she has an LLB in Law and French. Bar is also chair of the board of trustees of the charity Embracing Arts.
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