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Program -
Onboard Amsterdam 2024
Ready to dive into the exciting world of Onboard Amsterdam 2024? We've got an action-packed program lined up just for you. Join us on November 14th for a day filled with insightful talks, thought-provoking discussions, and interactive sessions. The full program, complete with topics and speakers, is right here on this page.
Doors open from 9.00; the opening acts starts at 10.00.
Stage 1
Talya Bauer - Founder of the 6 C's onboarding framework
Victor Romijn - Onboarding Strategist at Appical
Internships, the secret sauce
What’s the key ingredient behind nailing your employer branding, recruitment, onboarding, and retention? Internships! Learn how to use internships as a powerful tool in today’s competitive job market through Maarten Brand’s “Internship Cycle.” In this talk, Maarten will guide you on how to deliver five-star experiences for interns by evaluating every step of their journey—transforming average placements into unforgettable, impactful experiences.
From pains to gains: Implementing research-based insights in your onboarding processes
Enabling managers for workplace mental well-being: The why and how
For 69% of people, their manager has as much influence on their mental well-being as their partner. How can HR empower managers to create a supportive environment? During this keynote, you will learn:
- Why it is important to engage your managers in mental well-being?
- How to engage your managers in mental well-being?
- The impact of engaging your managers in mental well-being.
Empowering Personal Growth within Organisations with AI-Driven Learning
Stage 2
Crafting optimal onboarding experiences: evidence-based insights
What moments truly matter during onboarding? How do they influence expectations and emotions, and what role do pre-boarding experiences play? These questions guided research into employee onboarding, examining over 500 impactful moments and their effects on work engagement and turnover.
In this talk, Sanne will illustrate the key findings and offer practical insights, covering (1) the most significant moments for new employees, (2) how these moments and pre-boarding shape expectations, and (3) how emotions and expectations together predict key outcomes like employee engagement and organizational pride.
Purpose Unleashed: Bringing Meaning to Work from Day One
This hands-on keynote is a condensed version of Alberto’s work with companies like KPMG, Heineken, and IKEA, helping employees find meaning in their roles, stay in their roles longer, and deliver exceptional work. He introduces “Just on Purpose's” proven tool for aligning personal purpose with your organization and new role, which is particularly effective during onboarding.
Whether for yourself, your team, or your organization's onboarding process, you’ll leave with practical tools to make an immediate impact. You’ll know how to bring more purpose and meaning to your work from day one, enhancing both your fulfillment and your contribution to the organization’s success.
(In Dutch) Gemeenten paneldiscussie: Effectieve Onboarding: Best Practices en Uitdagingen binnen Gemeenten
In deze interactieve paneldiscussie zullen Gemeente Den Haag, Gemeente Utrecht en Noaberkracht hun ervaringen delen over het onboardingproces van nieuwe medewerkers. De sessie richt zich op de best practices en uitdagingen die deze gemeenten tegenkomen bij het integreren van nieuwe medewerkers in hun organisaties. De panelleden zullen ingaan op diverse onderwerpen, zoals de rol van technologie, het belang van cultuur, en de impact van persoonlijke versus digitale onboarding. Deze discussies bieden waardevolle inzichten voor iedereen die betrokken is bij het verbeteren van onboardingprocessen binnen de publieke sector.
Panel Discussion: From Verification to Employment: How Technology is Enhancing Talent Screening and Onboarding?
This panel discussion explores how the shift to a skills-based economy impacts hiring, onboarding, and employee development. Despite advances in HR tech, verifying employment, education, and credentials is still often slow and manual. We’ll use real-case examples from Randstad, AON, and Rabobank to show how trusted frameworks for sharing career records are solving these issues.
Our panelists will share their experiences using verifiable digital credentials to accelerate hiring, enhance compliance, and empower candidates to manage their career data. And we’ll examine how this tech is transforming reskilling efforts and workforce re-entry programs.
Stage 3
Maximilian Specht - Senior Content Marketing Manager at Personio
Confessions from 100 new joiners - actionable insights for your onboarding
The Ultimate Employee Experience Playbook at JustEat Takeaway
In this presentation, Inez will share how she helped JustEat Takeaway build their Employee Experience (EX) capability, create a consistent Way of Working, and develop an EX Playbook to apply the Employee Experience Design Method across the company. Drawing from Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and Agile, she guided the team in enhancing key moments in the employee journey.
This session covers aligning and training HR, building the EX playbook, and making it scalable for diverse teams. You’ll also see how JustEat Takeaway actively uses these tools to gather feedback, address employee pain points, and create a smoother, more engaging experience.
Core Values: Long-term onboard in a short-term business
Johan Cruyff once said, "I've never seen a bag of money score a goal." Yet, money seems to increasingly determine our choices—like choosing a study, profession, or employer. Does money really make us as happy with an employer as a player scoring a goal? To understand this question, we go back to basics: what is the definition of work? And what do the number of self-employed individuals and the global productivity rankings have in common with results on the football field? You’ll get the answers to these questions in Jasper Rutger’s session at Onboard Amsterdam.
Stage 4
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Steven and Anil will share with you their unique approach to recruitment and onboarding of new employees. They relate every story to the needs of a regular Dutch family (resembling the target audience of the Ministry). Why do we do what we do… for this family? How are our values important… to this family? How does the way we are organized help us support this family? The result is a clear understanding of the impact of the work, engagement, a strong culture and ambassadorship. The interactive part of will consist of a brainstorm to setup a similar storyline for one of the organizations at your table.
By the end of the session you are inspired to (re)create an appealing storyline by yourself.
How sports can facilitate connections in the workplace
Low-budget ideas to improve your onboarding
National Coordinator Groningen – Ground breaking insights on onboarding
This government body is assigned to build up trust and give people a home again. The production of gas in Groningen has brought The Netherlands great wealth, but also left the people with damaged houses from constant earthquakes.Working for this organization is not like any other job. It requires the utmost of peoples empathy.Ernst Blom will give you a glimpse of the situation in which the victims are in. And he will explain to you how the onboarding is structured to bring the new joiners up to speed as quickly as possible with the right amount of empathy to be effective in their work. This is a learning experience that will stick with you.
From this session you will take away ideas to make your own onboarding story much more compelling.
