In our November 2022 free webinar, Purple Ink VP of Talent Services Peggy Hogan discussed her favorite onboarding best practices to help new candidates feel welcomed and invested long before their first day.

About this event

Whether your business has recently turned remote thanks to COVID-19, or you’ve been thriving as a remote company for years, your virtual onboarding process could probably use an upgrade. Join us as Peggy Hogan, VP of Talent Services, shares her favorite onboarding best practices to help new candidates feel welcomed and invested long before their first day.

Objectives for this session:

• Review statistics and perspectives on virtual onboarding.
• Learn four essential components of an effective employee onboarding program: 1) Compliance; 2) Clarification; 3) Culture; 4) Connection.
• Discuss the short-term effects (i.e., less ghosting on the first day, new employee adjustment) and the long-term effects (i.e., attitudes, behaviors, improved retention) of virtual onboarding.
• Understand how to utilize new tools, innovative and low/no-cost practices, and provide coaching to support virtual onboarding.

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Presenter Bio:

Peggy Hogan is the Vice President of Talent Services at Purple Ink and a co-author of The JoyPowered™ Team. Peggy enjoys connecting the right person to the right place, whether she’s career coaching, recruiting, or working on-site with a client. She is motivated to help create positive workspaces by offering creative solutions to problems in the workplace, resulting in reduced turnover, higher employee engagement, and increased productivity.

Peggy joined the team in 2014 and has over 15 years of experience in HR. Much of her experience has been in full lifecycle recruiting with additional work as an HR generalist working on employee relations issues, training, OFCCP compliance, benefits administration, and employee engagement programs. She has worked in the banking and advertising industries, and has consulted with various nonprofits as well as clients in the consumer products, technology, finance, insurance, manufacturing, and construction industries. Peggy earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communications and English from The University of Michigan. She is a SHRM-Senior Certified Professional, a member of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches, a Certified Professional Résumé Writer, a Certified Professional Career Coach, a certified Strong Interest Inventory® interpreter, a Certified Diversity and Inclusion Recruiter, and a member of SHRM and IndySHRM. Peggy was named the HR Indiana Professional of the Year in 2020.