Onboarding is the process of getting new staff to higher levels of productivity, faster over the first 12 months. CU Boulder鈥檚 onboarding module includes four phases.

These are overlapping principles that guide our onboarding process and are supported by prior onboarding research.听


Activate

Supervisors perform set-up tasks to ensure that payroll, benefits, logistics, schedule and technology needs are met.


Clarify

New staff go through orientation to the unit and organization. They develop an understanding of the job, competencies, expectations and how their role fits into the university mission.听


Connect

New staff form interpersonal relationships and organizational, work and knowledge networks.听


Excel

New staff apply the full range of competencies and skills to appropriate degrees of autonomy.听