4 must-have components of a successful remote onboarding program

Shared experiences create powerful bonds, a dynamic that’s essential to the success of new employees at all organizations. But when onboarding team members is done on a remote basis, establishing that dynamic is much more challenging.

Onboarding is an even more critical touch point for introducing new employees to the company culture in the post-pandemic hiring landscape. Even so, researchers from Gallup found that only 1 in 10 employees strongly agree that their companies are great at onboarding. In the remote setting, organizations can’t default to traditional sources of company culture like the energy in the room. Or small talk over coffee and cookies.