The Leader’s Guide to Onboarding Remote Workers. Laying out the best practices
1. Outline your company goals and culture When onboarding new
for integrating your remote
employees, one of the first goals
employees with your
company vision and culture. In
company culture.
of employers is to spread the explaining your company’s core values, employees can integrate these goals immediately and translate these through their
The onboarding process can be complex, even in
work assignments.
organisations bountiful with resources. It is an especially important process when introducing remote team
Be sure to discuss these goals in a
members to your company, as this includes its own
clear manner, without any room
onboarding implications.
for ambiguity. This means the company website, job
With this in mind, having a structured approach to
description, and interview
onboarding can assist your organisation in better
process leave employees with a
recruiting a remote team. The following guide will walk you
good sense of what their role
through one example of the onboarding process that
entails.
considers the requirements of a remote workforce.
BY ANDREA AMATO
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