Successful Onboarding - Key to Employee Retention and Productivity



We have all been through it -- the company orientation. You know, that brief period of time when we are introduced to a new company or new job at an existing site of employment. 

With the increasing speed of business, companies cannot afford to wait for new or lateral hires to "get up to speed" or, worse yet, become disillusioned and leave the company or "quit and stay." According to industry studies, 90% of employees cement their opinion about a company within the first six months of employment.
To keep employees engaged throughout their career, increase employee job satisfaction, raise productivity levels, and reduce turnover, ultimately a comprehensive online onboarding program is now the approach of choice for best-in-class companies.

Best-in-Class Onboarding

·         A successful onboarding program does not come in a box. There is no plug-and-play solution. As best practice dictates, to reflect common practices within their industry and meet company objectives an onboarding program should be tailored. Successful onboarding programs, however, share similar traits:

·         The program is not an exercise completed within three months or less, but a holistic approach which encompasses an employee's entire career with that company.

·         Include onboarding employees to new positions, departments, groups or projects apart from focusing on new hires.

·         They utilize technology to automate forms management, task management, training and other components to increase proficiency and time to productivity.

·         Beyond the orientation period create several "touch-points" or engagements with employees. After the initiation and/or orientation phase of onboarding many employees feel abandoned.

·         Have robust mentoring programs, measure retention rates and time to performance, and have remediation programs.

·         Reinforce the company culture during every phase of the onboarding process.

The Process Starts with Analysis

An in-depth analysis of your current orientation or onboarding processes to uncover the following is the key to initiating a successful employee Onboarding program starts with.

·         Components that are currently working


·         Components that may, unknowingly, be working against you

·         Gaps in your current program, compared to Best-in-Class onboarding practices

·         Determining exactly what you want to achieve, objectives and expectations

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