The way that businesses take on, train, and ensure that staff are able to effectively function in a new work environment is known as onboarding. However, in recent years, onboarding has undergone tremendous changes. The most significant of these changes is the increased digitization of onboarding processes, which has taken form in a process known as virtual onboarding. This new form of onboarding presents many opportunities and challenges for business today, and in the future.

However, to properly understand what virtual onboarding is, and how it really impacts businesses today, there are many concepts which first must be understood. As such, the following course will provide a framework of understanding as to what onboarding is, the critical functions of onboarding, and how onboarding has changed throughout history and today—to provide a complete understanding of what this virtual onboarding is.

Following this, the course will provide a comprehensive analysis of virtual onboarding. The objectives and outcomes, the fundamentals, the approaches, best practices, and other critical areas of knowledge will be presented. Collectively, this course will provide information that can be used in business to gain a better understanding as to what virtual onboarding is, how it can be used, and what benefits it will create for business in the future.

Michael Lakeman

Sprecher