21 - 25 Jul 2025
London (UK)
Hotel : Landmark Office Space - Oxford Street
Cost : 5500 € Euro
In today’s competitive job market, organizations can no longer afford to view recruitment and onboarding as separate functions. The most successful companies are those that approach talent acquisition and employee integration as a unified, strategic process. Hiring the right people is only the beginning—how those individuals are welcomed, oriented, and integrated into the organization can significantly impact their engagement, performance, and long-term retention.
This five-day training program, designed by Global Horizon Training Center, offers a comprehensive and practical approach to building a seamless talent pipeline—from attracting top talent to ensuring they become fully productive, engaged members of the team. It explores innovative strategies for identifying, sourcing, and selecting the best candidates, while also delving into how to design and execute effective onboarding experiences that reinforce organizational culture, reduce turnover, and accelerate time-to-productivity.
Participants will learn how to align recruitment strategies with organizational goals, enhance employer branding, optimize candidate experience, and deliver onboarding programs that go beyond basic orientation to deliver real engagement. Through case studies, group exercises, and practical tools, this program equips HR professionals and people managers with the knowledge and confidence to lead integrated talent initiatives that drive performance and support long-term success.
By the end of this training, attendees will not only understand how to attract and select top talent but also how to ensure that new hires are set up for success from day one.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Apply strategic talent acquisition methods aligned with business needs.
Enhance employer branding and candidate experience.
Design structured and engaging onboarding programs.
Improve new hire retention and early productivity.
Integrate recruitment and onboarding as a continuous HR process.
HR Managers and HR Business Partners
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Specialists
Onboarding Coordinators and L&D Professionals
Team Leaders involved in hiring and onboarding
Anyone responsible for employee integration
Expert-led interactive presentations
Group activities and real-case discussions
Practical templates and tools
Role plays and simulations
Peer exchange and best practice sharing
Day 1:
Foundations of Strategic Talent Acquisition
Understanding talent needs: forecasting and planning
Linking recruitment to business strategy
Modern recruitment models: internal vs external hiring
Defining roles, competencies, and success profiles
Introduction to the recruitment funnel
Day 2:
Employer Branding & Candidate Experience
Crafting a compelling employer brand
Promoting roles through the right channels
Enhancing the candidate journey
Communication strategies before, during, and after interviews
Diversity and inclusion in talent attraction
Day 3:
Selection Techniques & Hiring Decisions
Structured interviews and behavioral questioning
Competency-based evaluation tools
Selection assessment methods and scorecards
Avoiding bias in decision-making
Aligning hiring with team culture and fit
Day 4:
Onboarding Framework & Engagement
Principles of effective onboarding
Stages of onboarding: pre-arrival to first 90 days
Designing onboarding checklists and schedules
Role of managers, HR, and peers
Common onboarding pitfalls and how to avoid them
Day 5:
Integration, Retention & Success Measurement
Engaging and retaining new hires early on
Creating feedback loops during onboarding
Tracking onboarding success and KPIs
Continuous improvement in the recruitment-onboarding process
Final group activity: Build an integrated hiring-to-onboarding model