Onboarding and Induction
A new employee decides very quickly whether they have made the right choice. If their first day is chaotic, with no desk, no access card and nobody expecting them, they feel unwelcome and some leave within months. If it is well organised, they settle in, learn faster and stay longer. HR administrators make the difference. This course teaches you to prepare for a new starter with a checklist, collect and check first-day documents, plan and run an induction programme that covers the company, the job, health and safety and the rules, support new employees through their first weeks, and track probation reviews so that every new employee is confirmed, supported or managed fairly and on time. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Prepare new-starter checklists, collect first-day documents, run induction programmes and track probation from day one to confirmation.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Before Day One
- Module 3: The Induction Programme
- Module 4: The First Weeks
- Module 5: Probation Tracking
- Module 6: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Human Resources toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
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