7 Tips to Straighten Out the Kinks in Your Employee Onboarding Process

Published on Apr 08, 2016

It costs a lot of money to replace an employee. In fact, depending on job level and industry it can cost over 30% of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. That number climbs exponentially for highly educated executive level positions and that’s just the monetary costs! Losing a new hire reflects poorly on a company’s Quality of Hire metrics and sends a ripple effect through the recruitment, hiring and management practices of the company. Let’s not forget the impact it has on employee engagement and morale.

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7 Tips to Straighten Out the Kinks in Your Employee Onboarding Process

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It costs a lot of money to replace an employee.

It can cost over 30% of an employee’s annual salary to replace them.

Successfully onboarding new employees plays a vital part in new hire retention

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
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96% of job seekers say it’s important to work for a company that embraces transparency.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
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Do an inventory of what processes can be automated and research which paperless onboarding software best suits your needs.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
  • Make a Good First Impression
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A huge benefit of paperless onboarding is new hires can complete all their documents online.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
  • Make a Good First Impression
  • Welcome them to the “family”
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Introduce new hires to the team right away. This familiarizes them with everyone and gives them a chance to learn about what each person does.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
  • Make a Good First Impression
  • Welcome them to the “family”
  • Map out the first year
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Establish a timeline that keeps new hires on track for proper development up to the first year and share it with them.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
  • Make a Good First Impression
  • Welcome them to the “family”
  • Map out the first year
  • Lead engagement with the right feedback

57% of employees indicate they prefer constructive feedback over praise when it comes to improving performance.

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7 Tips

  • Reflect the company culture honestly
  • Invest in Paperless Onboarding, like, yesterday
  • Make a Good First Impression
  • Welcome them to the “family”
  • Map out the first year
  • Lead engagement with the right feedback
  • Recognize milestones
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Let new hires know their progress is noticed and is important to the success of the company.

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