Your employee onboarding process is one of the most important aspects of your business. Getting new team members trained can take as little as ninety days and as long as two years!
So how do you set new hires up to grow into strong team members? By sending personalized video messages throughout the employee onboarding process.
With the tactics below, you’ll be able to provide the professional employee onboarding experience your team members need to ramp up quickly and feel comfortable in their new roles.
Employee Onboarding Day 1: Making Introductions
Finding time to introduce everyone on your team to a new hire can be hard, especially at remote or hybrid companies. A great way to deal with this challenge is to have team members record video messages about themselves and what they do.
Share these messages with the new hire on Day 1. This is a great way to extend a warm welcome before people are able to meet live. These video messages can even be evergreen videos – clips you use over and over because they aren’t specific to a situation or person.
If you want to go this route, tell your team members not to mention a specific name in their recording. Here’s an example script:
“Hey there! My name is Jolie, and I’m so excited you’re joining the team. I am one of the business analysts in the group and spend most of my time exploring potential growth opportunities. Can’t wait to learn more about you in person or over a call soon!”
A video that follows this script could be sent to every new hire.
The new employee can also film an introductory video to share about their background and role at the new company. Feel free to give them a script like the one above to follow. Sending video messages can be intimidating at first!
At BombBomb, we make sure to greet every new team member with a welcome video. We talk through the new hire’s first day and what to expect in their professional journey with us.
Check out the video below to see an example.
Another video you can share on Day 1 is an overview of your company’s mission, core values, and culture. This helps connect individuals to the broader organization beyond their new team.
A third type of video this is useful on someone’s first day is one that talks through important HR documents. For instance, a screen recording of a benefits package or any complicated tax forms can help address any potential questions or concerns.
With these three video messages, your new hire will feel much more confident, comfortable, and excited during the employee onboarding process.
After Day 1: Training New Hires
With basic introductions and administration out of the way, it’s time to train your new hire. Again, having this person meet with team leads and key employees can take a long time.
Rather than wait for schedules to line up, why not use video messages again?
Team members can record themselves talking through important concepts or using certain platforms. They can share knowledge and skills asynchronously, so that the new hire has things to work on immediately.
At BombBomb, every new hire gets a crash course on our product and services through BombBomb Studios. They can watch videos as many times as they need to, and the content is always available.
Creating a “video academy” or video course for new employees is a great way to get them up to speed. You can create general courses for all new hires and then additional role- or department-specific courses.
That way, everyone gets an overview of the organization and education that is specific to their future work.
Integrating New Hires into Everyday Rhythms
Video messages are also great for explaining day-to-day routines, the office space, unique practices, and anything else that isn’t covered during training.
Does your floor have an awesome break area? Is your fancy espresso machine hard to figure out?
These are great answers to share over fun videos! You could go further and create a series of videos explaining office or remote etiquette.
We also suggest using video messages when existing team members transition to new companies or roles. This is a great way to transfer knowledge and help the next team member ramp up quickly.
Interested in using video messaging in your employee onboarding and training process?
