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KPIs impacted
Reduce onboarding time
Value benefit
Cost savings
Employee experience
Using Copilot to improve onboarding and development processes
1. Crowdsource onboarding resources
Gather input from team members about resources that have proven most valuable in onboarding. Summarize input based on top votes collected.
Copilot in Loop
Draft an onboarding plan and checklist for a new human resources support advisor.
2. Identify network
Use Copilot to find individuals who can support your new hire’s work and offer complementary skills to help them connect more effectively and quickly.
Copilot2
Identify 10 company employees in the [department name] organization who would be knowledgeable experts to help new [job role] onboard quickly and efficiently.
3. Simplify policies
Summarize policies and understand how they’ve changed over time to build context for the new employee.
Copilot in Word
“Summarize this doc” into 10 key topics and terms with descriptions and a summary of how the policy has changed over time. Translate into another language to facilitate understanding.
4. Summarize key discussion points
Ask Copilot to locate notes from different conversations, chats, and emails into a summary that highlights key themes, simplifying volumes of information .
Copilot2
“List the main ideas we discussed” to develop stronger understanding of content, terms, and topics.
5. Create onboarding plan
Create onboarding plan specific to service line that references most recent materials, summaries, and subject matter experts to accelerate new hire’s learning.
Copilot in Word
I am a human resources support advisor. Create an onboarding plan for a new team member including timelines.
6. Build learning material
Ask Copilot in PowerPoint to generate learning paths according to individual roles, learning styles and career goals.
Copilot in PowerPoint
“Create a presentation from” [onboardingplan.docx] for new hires to the human resources support advisor team.
1Access Copilot at copilot.microsoft.com or the Microsoft Copilot mobile app and set toggle to “Web”
2Access Copilot at copilot.microsoft.com, the Microsoft Copilot mobile app, or the Copilot app in Teams, and set toggle to “Work”
