The research was conducted to determine how different onboarding programs, otherwise termed as socialization tactics affects the level of employee engagement among new hires. In this study, faculty members and staff from the different colleges in Oman were chosen as the respondents. The study revealed, among other things that, the typology of socialization tactics has varied effects on the level of employee engagement and that there is a statistically significant relationship between socialization tactics and employee engagement. Further studies need to be conducted applying different statistical techniques to further demystify the gray areas that were revealed in the study. This may be done through the application of structural equation modelling or any other techniques that can possibly eliminate observed variables that taints the results of the study.