Longhorn Employee Orientation (LEO) is a guide for getting started as a new employee (staff, faculty, or student employee) at The University of Texas at Austin. It is also a resource that UT employees can refer to at any point in the future when they may need information in the LEO curriculum. A Spanish language version of LEO is now available also - Orientación para Empleados Longhorn (OpEL).
Launch LEO in UTLearn
LEO is one of the many ways that UT L&D supports UT Austin’s standard of excellence, and it sends the message immediately to new employees that the way we realize that mission is Excellence Through People.
What’s in LEO
- Welcome and Overview.
- Brief background information about UT.
- New Employee Action Items organized into 3 phases.
- Opportunities for learning and enrichment.
- Detailed information about insurance, benefits and leave.
- Retirement information.
- Comprehensive collection of resources and reference material.
Why UT L&D’s Approach to Employee Orientation is Powerful
- More Accessible.
- Watch when it’s most convenient for you.
- Spread out learning over time.
- Delivered in easily digestible format.
- Closed captioning in four languages.
- Spanish language version of LEO available - Orientación para Empleados Longhorn (OpEL).
- Organized into succinct chapters.
Improved Employee & Learning Experience
- More comprehensive curriculum.
- Thoughtfully organized into chapters.
- Information supplemented with interactive visualization.
- Multi-modal teaching delivery.
- Learn important information over time.
- Supplemental materials and resources organized into single section.
Easier for Hiring departments & Managers
- All new benefits-eligible employees are automatically registered for LEO.
- In UTLearn, managers can assign and monitor progress.
- UTLearn provides data and reporting to align with other performance metrics.
- Allow managers to easily refer employees to LEO for answers to their questions.
- Enhanced onboarding training for managers and HR Contacts.
Long-term Positive Impacts
- Employees more empowered and enabled to help themselves.
- Employees can more quickly focus on the work they were hired to do.
- Consistent experience for all new employees.
What’s Next
- Updates and improvements on who to contact with questions at UT-Austin.
- Adding more information about the culture of UT-Austin.
- An in-person socializing event for new employees.