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Digital induction - The genius of onboarding courses!

Is your business growing and more and more people are becoming part of your team? Then you'll definitely want to keep an eye on your continuous optimization process! Onboarding courses for new employees can help you optimize your company. ⚙️

How does that work?

You can save a lot of time and money with a digitalized induction concept . New employees are picked up directly by the virtual knowledge library and optimally prepared for their work. Now you just need to know what exactly an onboarding course is and how to create it. We'll give you some tips! 👇🏽

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What is an onboarding course for new employees?

In short: an onboarding course brings new employees on board and ensures that they are taught everything they need to know to get up to speed. ⛵

Such digitalized induction courses are an effective tool in many areas to avoid talking yourself into a stupor about recurring topics. 👄

Do you know situations like this from your professional life? 

Onboarding courses can be created for both customers and employees.
Today, we are specifically looking at the onboarding of new employees. Here, too, it is always the same topics that need to be conveyed during the induction process. So why not digitize the whole thing? 💻
Once recorded, an onboarding course saves a lot of time and money throughout the company. The time that would otherwise have been invested in imparting knowledge to new employees can now be used effectively for other work processes without compromising the quality of the induction - quite the opposite!
We'll come to the advantages of a digitalized induction concept in a moment. ✅

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What is the aim of an onboarding course?

The overarching goal of an onboarding course is to increase employee productivity and motivation. 💪🏽
Thanks to the digital induction plan, all employees have access to the same information. Everyone has the same opportunities to deepen their knowledge. This means that no employee feels disadvantaged if there is not enough time for the important induction phase. A clever onboarding process communicates company values and the rules for harmonious collaboration. 🤝🏽

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In addition, a knowledge library like your members area at Memberspot can not only host onboarding courses, but also ongoing training for your employees. They can use the members area to share ideas, ask questions and meet up virtually to strengthen team spirit and loyalty to the company.
If you would like to find out more about creating a member area at Memberspot please read our article on the subject. 📚

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What are the benefits of an onboarding course?

Companies are relying on digitalized onboarding processes to keep up with the times. With success! Creating onboarding courses is fun, just like tracking the overall growth of a member area and its members (your employees)! 📈

The integration of new employees through digital onboarding brings many advantages, such as

  • Great time and cost savings ⏰
  • Uniform knowledge transfer 🧠
  • Employees feel well received and prepared 🤝🏽
  • Course participants can access content at any time 💻
  • Knowledge transfer can be made clear and interesting 🪄
  • This increases employee motivation and productivity 📈
  • Quality assurance for employee changes 🔒
  • Better and faster induction of new employees ⏩
  • Fewer worries about fluctuation 👋🏽
  • You can let the experts speak 💡
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Disadvantages of onboarding courses

Everything has two sides. So do onboarding courses. But don't worry, the advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages!

Digital onboarding actually has two specific disadvantages: A certain amount of personal contact is lost. That's why it's important not to forget direct communication in addition to the digital induction of new employees. Your employees still want to be seen. 👀

  1. Creating a large knowledge database is time-consuming. Especially if you want to offer your employees regular updates, training and further education. Nevertheless, the process does not require nearly as much of your time and presence as direct training. After all, you can also commission many of the production processes and don't have to speak in every video yourself! 🎥
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What is a member area?

A member area is a virtual platform that you can use for the onboarding and e-learning of your employees. In this password-protected space, you can make various learning content available that your community can access again and again. This creates a huge knowledge media library for induction and training purposes. 🌐
You want to know more about the creating a member area learn more? Then read our article on this wonderful all-in-one solution. 

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But now back to the onboarding course for your new employees!

How should the onboarding course be structured?

To ensure that your onboarding course is effective and does not immediately cause confusion for new employees, you can divide it into different modules and lessons to create a course structure.🤏🏽

Our tip: Keep it short! Keep the individual sections shorter rather than putting too much information in one video.

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  1. Introduction and presentation

A friendly insight into the company and a personal introduction fuel the anticipation of working together. 🤩

-> Maybe the idea for the onboarding course will even result in your company's own image trailer?

  1. Overview of company and organization

Give new employees a comprehensive insight into the company and the various processes. Here, new employees can learn how to organize themselves at their workplace and structure their work in a meaningful way. 🔍

  1. Overview of tools

What tools do your employees need to do their work? You can introduce all the important programs in individual modules of your onboarding course. In smaller lessons, you can go into more detail about important details and make it easier for newcomers to get started. Which projects have already been started and which are in the pipeline? There is also space for this information here. 📝

  1. Entrances - how to get in where

Your comprehensive onboarding course will prevent recurring questions like this. The advantage is that new employees can refer back to the content again and again throughout their time at your company. This means that nothing is forgotten and your platform can also be used on an ongoing basis for training and development purposes.❓

  1. Contact person

You can introduce employees and contacts on your onboarding platform and let them speak for themselves. This means you don't have to be the protagonist in every video yourself, but can bring specialists from different departments on board. A fixed contact person for each employee creates trust and security. It's good for everyone involved if the responsibilities are shared between several people. 👥

  1. Explain recurring tasks

Are there processes in your company that always remain the same? You can also explain to-do's that are regularly due in the onboarding course. 🗓️

  1. Playful implementation to deepen knowledge

When onboarding new employees , you can also incorporate small knowledge tests, quizzes or fun tasks. This allows you to ensure that all relevant course content has been attended and at the same time loosens up the induction process. It doesn't have to be a rigorous test, but rather a fun and motivating task. 🎭

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Onboarding is running for you! What needs to happen in addition to the onboarding course?

As already mentioned, an onboarding course alone is only half the battle when it comes to training new employees. Okay, maybe three quarters. Nevertheless, a few additional things still need to happen so that your employees can really get "on board"! 🚣

To ensure that personal contact does not suffer as a result of the digital induction concept, you need to remain particularly attentive in other areas. Always give new employees a warm and personal welcome. Introducing them to other colleagues and showing them around the office is also an important part of being well received as a newcomer. New employees are integrated not only by imparting knowledge, but also by taking them by the hand. Don't forget your new colleagues in the digital training room, but invite them to take a lunch break with the rest of the team and exchange ideas. Unwritten rules, such as when to take a coffee break or who has to bring cake on which day, are still best taught among colleagues. 🤝🏽

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It is also important that your employees do not feel inhibited from giving feedback as a result of digital onboarding. There should always be the opportunity to ask questions in person, ideally answered by someone who is competent and friendly. An onboarding checklist can also help new colleagues to keep track of the knowledge they have acquired and any unanswered questions. ✅

Who are onboarding courses suitable for?

Onboarding courses are suitable for any company that frequently has to teach the same topics. This can be the case in both the customer and employee segments. 🗣️
Here at Memberspot, we have already guided many large and small companies through the onboarding process and are always met with enthusiasm by our course creators!

The larger the company, the more important it is to save time when teaching recurring content. Many employees often mean high staff turnover. A digitalized induction process ensures consistent quality, secure knowledge transfer and the opportunity to grow on the virtual platform beyond the induction period. 🔝
We have already been able to inspire many companies to use onboarding courses. For example, countless top companies such as Cool & Smart GmbH, Energiekonzepte Deutschland GmbH, Lasco Heutechnik GmbH and Ledtermann Metallbau GmbH have already successfully made their onboarding courses available to employees and customers via Memberspot. 🙌🏽

Come on board too!🌊

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Simply click on this link and you will be taken directly to the free trial version:
👉🏽 https://www.memberspot.de/signup

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We hope you enjoyed reading it. 📚

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Your Memberspot Team