“Onboarding processes must facilitate a sense of community between new employees and their colleagues in order to develop an effective team and instill a sense of emotional belonging, connecting an employee to the company and its mission,” said Dr. Lauren Bidwell, senior research scientist for Product Strategy Research at 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors. “Understanding the scope of the 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding solution can increase an organization’s success when it comes to effective onboarding.”

To support customers in learning more about 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding, 51·çÁ÷offers demos, product forums, and customer community user groups, which connect peer customers to share and learn from one another with product knowledge, lessons learned, best practices, and business processes. A new product user group for 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding customers is now available and will host its first meeting on October 28.

“One of the biggest advantages of our user groups is that they are customer-led and customer-focused,” said Pamela Platte, global director of User Group Engagement for 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors. “Customers love to collaborate and learn from one another. 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors user groups provide networking and the ability to share stories with other HR customers. It’s so great to watch customers answer questions, share how they did something, and coordinate time for further discussions.”

Any 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors customer can engage in the user group communities, which are available by product, region, and industry.

“Customers interested in learning more about 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding should attend our first group meeting to learn best practices from not only 51·çÁ÷product leaders, but also peer customers that use the product every day,” Platte said. “I invite everyone in the HR and Talent Management community to join the conversation, collaborate, and learn.”

The interactive meeting on October 28 will include a customer spotlight presentation, an onboarding thought leader presentation, and time to discuss the 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding solution and its features with other customers.

To learn more about 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors user group communities and register for the 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors Onboarding user group meeting on October 28, log in to the .