Imagine Your New Hires and Interns Excited, Engaged and Contributing Right Away...

OnBoard Yourself is an early-engagement, professional development program. We help your new hires and interns get themselves prepared to dive in even BEFORE they walk through your door.

Using a variety of techniques and formats, they learn basic business knowledge and soft skills. Your new hires and interns will arrive knowing how to take the initiative to get what they need from supervisors, coworkers and orientation programs as well as interact effectively and productively in the workplace.

OnBoard Yourself is a professional development program that combines interactive elearning courses with articles, podcasts, vidcasts and checklists by nationally recognized workplace experts. Program components include: My Personal OnBoarding Plan – A great early engagement tool, this six-module, e-learning program teaches newbies the importance of preparation and initiative to successful onboarding and orientation. Rocket to the Top – A complete month-by-month professional development program that guides new hires and interns to success. Skills and knowledge when they need it and in engaging formats they'll enjoy. Self-Directed Learning – Does your new hire need help with a specific issue after they arrive? OnBoard Yourself’s e-learning courses, articles, podcasts and vidcasts are fully searchable and organized by topic. Learn more about the OnBoard Yourself Program here. We offer three options for implementing OnBoard Yourself at your company: Access to our standard OnBoard Yourself site. License the OnBoard Yourself Program for use on your own server. A Branded OnBoard Yourself portal for your company. Learn more about implementation options here.

GET READY FOR YOUR 2012 INTERNS! Help your interns succeed (and say GREAT things about your company). Buy them 3-months access to our program and get a copy of our popular handbook Not A Moment To Lose. ALSO AVAILABLE... Handbooks to help your new hires get onboard and productive quickly and efficiently. For New Hires...

DON'T SPOON FEED YOUR NEW HIRES! Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself, LLC Gen Y might be the most facilitated generation ever to enter the workforce and that needs to end as soon as they accept your offer. Business is rabidly competitive and will only get more so. The last thing your business can tolerate are employees who need their hands held at ever turn and adopt a 'what should I do now?' attitude. Your new hires need to start demonstrating initiative, setting goals and meeting deadlines right away. . . . more >> ENGAGE GEN Y NEW HIRES IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR OWN TERMS Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself LLC The good news is today's new hires see your job offer as the beginning of a serious relationship and want to engage with your company. The bad news is most companies have no idea of when and how to effectively engage them. New hire processes are typically paper-based, classroom-driven and scheduled to begin after the new hire walks through the door. All "very lame" to today's 'digital natives'. You need to engage your new hires IMMEDIATELY, meaning the day they accept your job offer, and in ways that keep their enthusiasm high. (5 mins) . . . more >> HOW TO JUSTIFY A 'NEXT GENERATION' ONBOARDING PROGRAM Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself, LLC Company onboarding processes run the gamut from highly-structured experiences to 'sink or swim.' In ALL cases, today's Millennial new hires are forcing companies to rethink and upgrade how they get people onboard and up to speed. This is the first generation of 'digital natives.' They grew up surfing the web, searching for information they needed at the moment they needed it. And getting that information in ways that appeal to them. Reading articles. Listening to podcasts. Watching videos. Chatting with "friends." . . . more >> INTEGRATING OUR CONTENT WITH YOURS Tamara Greenleaf, CMO, OnBoard Yourself Your new hires need to learn the basic business knowledge, skills and attitude to quickly become independent, productive employees. DON'T become a 'helicopter company'! Don't take charge of your new hires' work lives like their parents and professors did their personal and academic pursuits. It's important that new hires take responsibility for their professional development and . . . more >> SET ONBOARDING GOALS AND TRACK PROGRESS Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself, LLC Your interns and recent college grads need to start thinking and acting like business people right away. And I mean BEFORE they walk through your lobby doors their first day on the job! It's often hard for new hires to do much of significance right away. They don't know your company, customers, systems and products well enough to contribute. All too commonly, they get assigned busy work that doesn't teach them much about your business, tax their brains or establish good work habits. And then they get into trouble! . . . more >>

PODCAST: PRECISION ANSWERING Stacey Dickinson, Collaboration Learning to answer questions precisely is an important skill. You're going to be asked A LOT of questions when you start your new job and answering precisely saves time and confusion. Learn the 3 rules to precision answering and how to apply this skill to all kinds of situations. (7 mins) . . . more >> WHAT'S ONBOARDING (online course) Take the first online course of our My Personal Onboarding Plan program. These short, fun lessons (check out the sound effects!) teach new hires and interns key attitudes, information and skills that help them get onboard and up to speed themselves. You don't have to do it all! Engage this digital generation with digital tools they're comfortable with. . . . more >> 5 THINGS TO DO IN YOUR FIRST 50 MINUTES (article) Tamara Greenleaf, CMO, OnBoard Yourself It's your first day...no...the first minute of your first day in your new job. You're waiting in the lobby for your boss. What next? Get out your phone and text your friends? Or can you get started right away on establishing your personal brand and future success? . . . more >> GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH AN EXISTING TEAM (podcast) Stacey Dickinson, Collaboration Accelerate becoming part an existing team by following a few simple rules and asking some basic questions about the project. You'll not only learn alot, but come off as smart and caring, which will make your teammates want to involve you quicker in more interesting and complex tasks. (8 mins) . . . more >> TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ONBOARDING (transcript) Steve Trautman, President, Peer Mentoring Every new hire's experience is going to be different, so, what I like to say is, the only thing you can really control is your role in your own onboarding. My strong advice to anybody who's a new employee is: 'Take responsibility for getting yourself up to speed.' . . . more >> FLAUNT, DON'T HIDE, YOUR 'NEW HIRE' STATUS IN YOUR EMAILS (screencast) Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself When you start a new job you need all the help you can get. You need to do things at encourage people to interact with you. To offer their help and advice. Your email signature is an simple and slick way to to invite people to help and contact you. Let me show you how to modify your signature in Outlook and Mac Mail (2 mins) . . . more >> 'ROCKET TO THE TOP' LIFTOFF! ACTIVITIES (downloadable checklist) Todd Hudson, President, OnBoard Yourself Liftoff in the your first month on the job! Our 'Rocket to the Top' program provides members with checklists of content to learn and key activities to complete during each onboarding stage of their early career. A great way to organize yourself and keep track of your accomplishments. . . . more >>