HR & People OKR example

Establish a comprehensive new hire onboarding program

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Suggested timeframe: Set with your team1 objective · 3 key results
YOUR STARTING POINTHR & People OKRs
OBJECTIVE

Establish a comprehensive new hire onboarding program

  1. KR 1

    Develop a clear, structured onboarding plan within the first 2 weeks

  2. KR 2

    Achieve 90% satisfaction rate on new hire feedback surveys about onboarding experience

  3. KR 3

    Train 100% of HR team to effectively implement onboarding program

Ideas to get you moving
  • Outline a schedule for training sessions, workshops, and meetings
  • Prepare a comprehensive, easy-to-follow onboarding guide
  • Identify key roles, responsibilities, and systems new hires must understand
  • Develop a detailed, comprehensive onboarding program with clear expectations
  • Collect regular feedback from new hires and implement necessary adjustments
  • Provide consistent mentorship and support for new employees during onboarding
  • Choose appropriate training resources or programs
  • Schedule and oversee training sessions
  • Identify existing knowledge gaps in the HR team's onboarding skills
Example targets. Adapt to your baseline before you start.

About this template

The OKR titled "Establish a comprehensive new hire onboarding program" aims to develop a well-structured plan for onboarding in the initial weeks of recruitment. The primary focus would be to devise a training schedule, formulate a detailed guide, and elucidate key roles and system understanding for new hires.

Further, the objective aims to garner 90% satisfaction rate through feedback surveys about the onboarding experience. A detailed program with crystal clear expectations would be developed. Regular feedback from new hires would be collected and necessary adjustments made to ensure continuous improvement. Consistent mentorship would be provided to new employees during the onboarding process.

The OKR also aims to ensure that the entire HR team becomes proficient in implementing the onboarding program. Resources required for training would be appropriately identified and selected. Once these resources are in place, training sessions would be scheduled for the HR team to oversee.

It also underlines the importance of identifying any existing gaps in knowledge the HR team may have regarding onboarding. Identifying these gaps would not only strengthen the team but also ensure the onboarding process is as efficient and effective as possible.

Make it work for your team

01

Set your baseline. Check where you are today, then choose targets that stretch your team.

02

Agree on ownership. Give each key result a clear owner and a source of data.

03

Check in every week. Review the numbers, share confidence, and decide what needs attention.

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