Employee Satisfaction & Engagement: Are You Missing the Point?
Employee Engagement & Employee Satisfaction Billions of dollars are spent each year – across verticals – to boost employee engagement and overall employee satisfaction. We’re investing in recognition programs, treating employees to free sodas and snacks in the break room, throwing Foosball tables in the middle of the office and hosting happy hour after happy […]
The Amazing Link Between Onboarding and Retention
How Onboarding and Retention are Connected In Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, he emphasizes the importance of “getting the right people on the bus.” He stresses that getting the right people in the right roles enables organizations to thrive, expand and nimbly adapt to changing market conditions. He continues to say that the right people […]
Employee Engagement: Make Their Opinions Count
Employees have an incredible amount of information about the day-to-day operations, successes and failures of your business. They’re more than happy to share what they know, and that knowledge can be harnessed to shape the organization, focus efforts and shoot you straight to your goals. It’s too bad they don’t feel like their employers take […]
Why is Onboarding So Important for Employee Retention?
Why is onboarding so important for employee retention? Think for a moment about your last great hire. How long did it take to find them? How expensive was it? Did you worry if they would be a good fit culturally? How long did it take until they were fully integrated into the company and productive? […]
5 Rad Icebreakers to Excite Your New Hires
Onboarding icebreakers: Let the fun begin! So you’ve hired a slew of new employees. They’re bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and ready and willing to jump in and help the team. The only issue is they don’t really know the team. How do you introduce these new-comers to your workforce? How do you ease their initiation into […]
Deconstructing the myths of onboarding – Myth #5: Onboarding is just HR’s job
Great onboarding sets the stage for engaged, productive & happy employees. But who exactly is responsible for great onboarding? A misconception we often hear is that onboarding is solely the responsibility of HR and the hiring manager. While they are absolutely critical to onboarding, they are not the whole story. Employee onboarding isn’t just compliance, […]
Deconstructing the myths of onboarding – Myth #3: My HRIS onboarding module is good enough
Deconstructing the myths of onboarding We’re big on employee onboarding – the engagement, the compliance, and most of all, the opportunity to wow new hires. Since we live and breathe onboarding technology every day, we thought we’d take a good look at the onboarding myths we regularly hear. Kind of like the ever-entertaining MythBusters show. […]
3 Can’t-Miss Employee Onboarding Trends for 2020
Engaging and retaining talent is one of the top goals our clients have shared with us As a well-structured employee onboarding program has been shown to make 69% of employees more likely to stay for three years, let’s look at the top onboarding trends of 2020: 1. Preboarding Competing job offers, counteroffers from current employers, nerves/anxiety, […]
How to Engage Your New Employees Before They Start
How to Engage Your New Employees Before Day 1 Finding the ideal candidate is a delicate balance – from experience to skill to cultural fit. Not to mention their availability and willingness to make a change. Inc. states that 70% of the workforce consists of passive candidates, leaving only a paltry 30% of active candidates. Why […]
The complete guide to onboarding travel nurses to increase engagement & improve patient care
The complete guide to onboarding travel nurses to increase engagement & improve patient care The demand for travel nurses is on the rise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates 1 million job vacancies for registered nurses through 2022, and health care centers will continue to rely on travel nurses to supplement their staffing. Onboarding travel […]
