“You only get one chance to make a first impression" The use of online orientation courses as part of the new-hire on-boarding process has become quite popular among law firms. This delivery method is effective because it allows firms to present a consistent message to all lawyers and staff regardless of office location or date-of-hire.

Such courses often include video clips from firm leadership, allowing the new hire an opportunity to ‘meet’ these individuals (something that would be difficult to arrange in a live orientation session). The online orientation courses we develop for our law firm clients usually fall into one of the following two categories: A New Hire Welcome and Firm Overview This is usually a shorter program and is designed to introduce the new hire to the firm, but not necessarily address other orientation topics. An Online New Hire Orientation / On-boarding program This is a much more in-depth program that addresses many of the topics found in a traditional new hire orientation / on-boarding program. These online orientation courses also serve to convey a sense of unity and culture by presenting images, video and audio from across the firm. Orientation e-learning courses can also be used as pre-work for new hires before they begin live orientation at the office. Your online orientation course can also include links to external resources such as Intranet pages, an orientation or employee manual, forms that need to be completed by the new hire, etc Firms are also expanding their new hire orientation courses to include detailed Benefits overviews and other related information. Please contact us to discuss an online new hire orientation program for your firm.