Employee onboarding is not a luxury
New hires go through comprehensive orientation and socialization during onboarding, and it’s reflected in their successful integration into the company. Developing and sustaining a simple and intuitive employee onboarding program is vital to not only the success of your team, but to the productivity and longevity of your employees as well. With all the other responsibilities that hiring managers and HR Professionals have, it can be easy to ignore onboarding or snag whatever free module came with your HRIS or applicant tracking system. That can be a mistake for you and your employees. Here’s why:
1. 76% of new hires feel socialization is most important.
New employees will have to go through the paperwork portion of the onboarding process. To do that, they need to complete all their new hire onboarding. It’s unavoidable but can be simple and fast. Help them get to the real experience of working on the job, faster.
2. 56% of new employees want a buddy or mentor.
Remember when you were a new hire? Sometimes, it’s an anxiety-creeping, nerve-racking experience. Pairing a tenured co-worker with a new hire can make employee onboarding so much easier. Even without the extra help, candidates have access to a platform-guided employee onboarding program with Click Boarding so it’s easy for them and convenient for you.
3. Onboarding programs can increase retention by 25% and improve employee performance by 11%.
Give employees the tools they need from the beginning to ensure their success. If they have what they need to flourish, they’ll be less likely to leave the organization because they feel proficient in their roles. The standardized online format simplifies the process with highly configurable and intuitive forms to give leadership the validation of data accuracy and candidates the look and feel of a paper onboarding packet.
4. Employees who participate in a structured onboarding program are 69% more likely to stay with an organization for 3 years.
It costs a significant amount of money to replace and retrain employees. Because proper new hire onboarding entices employees to stay longer than the average, that’s cause enough to develop a robust system that fits the company culture. What better way to do that than with the technological media they’ve become accustomed to?
5. 32% of global executives said their onboarding was poor.
Perhaps one of the more startling numbers, those in charge of the company – who were sourced from without the organization – don’t have the tools to lead the organization. Begin your employee onboarding revamp from the top down; if your leaders know how onboarding should run, it will trickle down to the lower ranks of the organization.
6. It takes 8 to 12 months for new hires to be as proficient as their tenured colleagues.
This is proof that onboarding simply cannot be done in one day, or even a few days. The first year of a new hire’s tenure within the organization is dedicated to developing their skills proficiency. Allow your employees online access to their onboarding materials so they can refresh their company knowledge as needed.
7. The lack of an effective onboarding program aided employees in their decision to quit.
Use your onboarding program as an introduction to the company culture and values. It’s the prime time to connect the new members of the team to the company through making correlations between personal and professional goals. We provide simple, tech-enabled onboarding software so your new hires are comfortable in their new organization, and you can avoid compliance issues with our onboarding best practices.
Onboarding is an important rite of passage for all of your new hires, entry-level or executive. Pay special attention to the program, as it’s the stepping stone to developing engaged, high-performing and tenured employees. The success of the company’s workforce relies on the depth and structure of an organization’s employee onboarding program.
The Click Boarding platform integrates seamlessly with existing tech solutions, extending their capabilities to a full HR suite. Our mobile-first, cross-device platform is the turnkey solution you’ve been waiting for, so when you’re ready to experience onboarding at its finest, contact one of our employee journey experts!
