On-Ramp to Success

On-Ramp to Success: The Importance of a Complete Onboarding Experience

In this session, participants will review the importance of a robust new-hire onboarding experience. Specifically, this session will explore how administrative departments can ensure new hires are successfully oriented both functionally and socially into their teams.

It will equip participants with tested frameworks and adaptive resources for creating or enhancing their own onboarding processes. By learning from successful cases studies and through an interactive session, participants will gain an understanding of how onboarding can aid in building a thriving team.

This session is part of the LIT Workforce Task Force Peer-to-Peer Training Series. This initiative is designed to provide practical, real-world learning opportunities led by professionals working within the public transportation industry. Unlike traditional top-down training models, this series allows professionals at the entry and mid-career levels to present directly to their peers — sharing insights, strategies, and tools they use in their daily work. These sessions also give managers and agency leadership valuable insight into the experiences and innovations emerging from the workforce, all in support of LIT's mission to strengthen professional development and build leadership capacity across the transit industry.