Thenew hire onboarding appears to be the HR top-of-mind subject.
The reason is simple: it's the 1st step of a well structured, positive and
engaging employee experience ! LinkedIn recently showed that for European companies
without any onboarding process, 22% of the depatures occured during the first 45 days!
Therefore, when a full onboarding process is setup, 58% of the onboardees
stay at least 3 years in their new companies. Edifying!
Many professionals ask us for advices and latest trends on onboarding, this White Paper summarize most of it.
We describe the ideal process step by step, these advices are, although, mostly relevant for SME and Enterprises.
There isn't a single good way to onboard a new collaborator. But some
best practices are universal and strongly improve the onboarding
experience. For instance, it's critical for an onboarding to be phased
over time.
It will take between 6 to 8 months for a new hire to be fully
operational. With a good onboarding this number can be significally decreased.
Onboarding should not last only a few weeks. It is of paramount importance that
it last much more so the onboardee has the felling of being guided and trully
engaged in his new position. If his first days are too intense he might
feel overwhelmed - but if its not engaging enough, he might feel let
aside and loose motivation.
At Workelo, we identified 5 major steps: the pre-boarding, the first
day, the first week, the first month, and what comes after the first
month.
Each step is detailled underneath, with the associated best practices.
Workelo, the n°1 SaaS tool that will help you reinventing your onboarding experience. Several companies and large accounts already conviced!