Your new hire’s first day shouldn’t be the first time they see your workplace. By the time someone walks through the door, they’re already managing a flood of names, processes, policies, and expectations. A virtual tour for onboarding changes that dynamic entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the right setup, new employees can explore your workplace, meet key teams, and absorb essential information before they even arrive. This guide walks you through exactly how to build one using ThingLink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onboarding is often rushed, and the pressure to deliver everything in the first week means a lot of critical information simply doesn’t land. Virtual tours solve this by letting new hires move at their own pace, revisit locations, and absorb context without the anxiety of a live walkthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For operations and training managers, there’s a practical advantage too. Once your virtual onboarding tour is built, it scales. Every new joiner gets the same quality experience, whether they’re starting in your head office, a regional site, or remotely from another country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technology company Vaisala took exactly this approach, using a ThingLink virtual tour to introduce prospective talent to their campus and culture before they’d even applied. You can read how they did it in the Vaisala case study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a broader look at the business case, the ThingLink blog post on workplace virtual tours for onboarding<\/a> is a great starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In action! Explore this example.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat to Include in Your Onboarding Virtual Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n