Challenges

HR onboarding: get every new employee off to a strong start

Turn a new employee’s first day into lasting loyalty

Hiring a new employee is a major investment. Yet onboarding is too often reduced to paperwork. For a successful onboarding, you need to go further: the first days and the first week shape the wholeemployee experience.

At Arcane Experience, we rethink the welcome process. By replacing traditional inductions with an onboarding serious game, we help every new recruit absorb your company culture in a playful, memorable way.

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Learning by doing: why play makes onboarding easier

To welcome new starters, play beats a top-down presentation every time. It draws onlearning by doing to get new joiners up to speed and productive.

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Speed up technical onboarding

By handling concepts tied to their new role, recruits grasp how the company works twice as fast.

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Break the ice between colleagues 

Play makes joining the team easier. By solving a shared mission, the new starter builds strong working relationships from day one.

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A sense of belonging

An innovative welcome programme sends a strong message from leadership. It’s a genuine welcome gift that makes your future employee feel valued.

Our success stories: bespoke onboarding programmes

We support HR teams and leadership in building onboarding processes of the highest standard:

Artelia

A simulation game in which new recruits run complex projects to understand how roles interconnect and what shapes thecompany identity.

Engie GBS

An Escape Box dedicated to staff onboarding, so new joiners master how the Business Units are organised within their first month.

CHU de Limoges

A collaborative investigation turning the official welcome into a real celebration of every profession.

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The HR stakes: employer brand and successful hiring

Good onboarding is the key to retaining people and stopping talent from leaving too soon.

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Reduce early turnover

A successful welcome secures the hire and lowers the risk of a departure during the probation period.

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Make the mentor's job easier

The game takes the theory off the mentor’s plate, freeing them to focus onhuman support.
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Strengthen your employer brand

You show that your company knows how to welcome its talent, from the first interview to the end of the onboarding programme.

FAQ: how do you successfully onboard a new employee?

What's the difference between onboarding and an induction programme?

Onboarding starts the moment the offer is made. The induction programme is the structured phase (mentoring, training and first-impressions feedback) that takes the employee through to full autonomy.

Why appoint a buddy or a point of contact?

A buddy scheme makesjoining the groupmuch easier. It gives the new hire a trusted contact outside the reporting line, who helps them learn the codes of their new company.

How do you assess how well an employee has settled in?

Regular check-ins are essential. Follow-up reviews show whether the employee has settled in successfully and is on track with their objectives.

What our clients say about us

Julie Alcouffe, Training & Development Project Manager

Thanks to the game, we were able to let players experience very different roles, so they could really understand the full range of Artelia's activities.

Fabienne Lauze, HR Director, CHU de Limoges

I'm genuinely amazed at how easy it was to work with Arcane — simple and seamless. The team always found solutions, and the result went well beyond our expectations.

Nicolas B., October 2019 intake - Engie GBS

This game helped us get to know the different roles at ENGIE GBS by putting their expertise into practice. Thank you for a great experience.

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Our success stories

Many companies have already called on Arcane’s expertise in designing games for events. From team cohesion to training, CSR awareness-raising and skills development, the challenges are always different. So are the themes, because Arcane’s games have covered:

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