Normally I think of onboarding along two dimensions: efficiently handling the administrative work and welcoming a person onto the team so they can be … Read more
5 Ways to Make New Hires Wish They Turned You Down
When it comes to the employee lifecycle, no period of time is more important than those first few days and months in a new job. Both the employee and the … Read more
How and Why to Make Onboarding a Strategic Priority
For several years, organizations viewed the process of onboarding new hires as the automation of required tasks like completing paperwork, and then it was … Read more
If Your Onboarding Program Means Filling Out Papers, Say Goodbye to Your New Hire
There is no time period more paramount to an employee’s career than onboarding, yet so many companies are failing at the process. With up to 30% of new … Read more
7 Keys to Building a World Class Onboarding Experience
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Teach the ‘Invisible Lines’ When You Onboard Your Executives
“My marriage keeps getting better and better and I never have to work at it.” That’s not a statement you hear often. Instead, we hear that “building a … Read more
Gamify Your Onboarding and See Retention and Engagement Improve
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 … Read more
The Case For Making Onboarding a Yearlong Experience
The onboarding process is often a disjointed set of events that is partially owned by different areas of HR and the business, leaving the new employee … Read more
3 HR Processes Made Easier By Automation
Paperwork has long been considered a critical component of the HR industry. For years, even the most talented professionals in the sector spent hours … Read more
Why Do You Do It This Way?
Whenever I familiarize myself with a new company – because I am writing a case study on them or have been asked to speak to a group of their executives … Read more
3 Challenges to Successful Onboarding
Effectively incorporating new employees can be a challenging task for HR and managers alike. Back when the majority of new hires were expected to stay with … Read more
How to Get the Most From Your Seasonal Hires
With the holiday season fast approaching, retailers, shippers, warehousing companies and others are busy hiring hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers. … Read more
How to Deliver An Effective Onboarding Experience
Most employers consider generational differences when they design their onboarding process. These can be costly and have a huge impact on employee success, … Read more
Use This Checklist to Onboard Your Remote Workers
It can be easy to think of telework as a silver bullet for engagement – what’s more appealing to an employee than rolling out of bed and walking across the … Read more
Dr. Seuss, Retention and the Mission
Short takes on onboarding, retention and mission statements from the Humetrics blog: The 6 question retention survey Here are six questions you … Read more
Recognition Can Help You Win (and Keep Winning) the Talent War
The battle for talent is as fierce as it has been in nearly a decade, prompting business leaders to reexamine people strategies and practices in order to … Read more
How to Reduce the Risk When Hiring An Industry Outsider
The purpose of this article is to deconstruct the risk associated with hiring those from another industry. In order to set a risk baseline, I’d like … Read more
Recognition Should Start at Onboarding, But Few Do It
The 2017 Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Conference was held in New Orleans this year, and it proved to be a popular location. We decided to … Read more
A 12-Step Program For Retaining Your Diverse Workforce
Most firms have no idea that they have a revolving door that is bleeding diversity talent, because unexplainably, they don’t measure and report diversity … Read more
Help Them See How to Write Their Career Movie
“As you go through the workday, write the screenplay in your head for the movie you will eventually direct and star in — the movie about your life. … Read more