In times of labor shortages, acquiring and retaining talent is a strategic task for every employer. Onboarding plays an important role for that purpose. According to several studies, poor onboarding can leave the new hires with lower confidence in their new roles, worsened engagement, and an increased risk of leaving when they see a more attractive job opportunity. On the other hand, companies that have a formal onboarding program could see 50% greater employee retention and 62% greater productivity among new recruits. But even before the pandemic, more than one-third of companies did not have a structured onboarding process, remote or otherwise. A well-designed onboarding process based on digital technologies like e-learning, Virtual Reality, etc. can dramatically improve new hires’ experience and help them achieve confidence and proficiency in their new roles. It can decrease onboarding time and cost and improve performance of employers and VET organizations that provide training along the onboarding. OBJECTIVES The project DIGITAL ONBOARDING objectives are:
OBJECTIVE 1
Develop Digital Onboarding Methodology for setting new hires for success and decrease time for them to become proficient in their new roles. Activity Development of onboarding methodology based on digital technologies for remote and otherwise onboarding. Expected results Documented Digital Onboarding Methodology. Digital onboarding scenarios. Linked priorities Addressing transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience and capacity Contributing to innovation in vocational education and training.
OBJECTIVE 2
Identification of a set of open source tools suitable for digital onboarding purposes like e-Learning, VR, Automatic translation, multilingual Text-to-Voice Synthesizers. Activities Research on open source tools suitable for digital onboarding. Test whether they are fit for purpose. Create examples of digital onboarding content by these tools. Expected results Report. Matrix with digital tools. 6 pieces of digital onboarding content. Linked priorities Digital content, technologies and practices
OBJECTIVE 3
Develop a training course on the Digital Onboarding Methodology and tools. Activities Creating a training course. Expected results Course “Digital Onboarding Methodology Implementation”. Linked priorities Digital content, technologies and practice.
OBJECTIVE 4
Dissemination and Implementation of the project outputs Activities Training consortium staff on Digital Onboarding Methodology and tools. Implementation of project’s outputs by the partners. Dissemination events. Distribution of the methodology and training course in Open Access Format. Expected results Successful participation of 40 consortium partners’ managers, HR specialists, trainers in the training. 3 dissemination events with participants from VETs, HEIs, businesses, industrial associations. Linked priorities Contributing to innovation in vocational education and training