Paperless Onboarding Benefits: More Business Growth

Paperless Onboarding Benefits Small numbers mean big things when it comes to business growth. Just look at how large of a shift it was for the United State’s GDP to grow 2.4%. So when we think about business growth, we have to think about all the ways we can make those small increases add up. One […]

Onboarding Nightmares

Have you ever had one of these bad onboarding nightmares?! When you remember nightmares you’ve had, what do they have in common? It might be running away from something, falling, failing, or being in a situation where you’re powerless to act. The common denominator is it’s always scary, and you had no control over your […]

That New Hire #Swag- Do You Really Need It?

Is swag for new employees necessary? Story time. Let’s pretend that you’ve hired someone new and kicked off the onboarding process. You got all required forms done ahead of time using your paperless onboarding platform, introduced them to their hiring manager, and now they’re set to start. Your hire wakes up a little earlier than usual, pops […]

7 Awesome Onboarding Icebreakers for New Employees

Congratulations! You’ve got someone new joining your team. If you’ve made it past the welcome stage safely, you may be wondering how you can help your new teammate to open up and get comfortable in their new environment. How do you get them to release some of those first-week jitters and ease them in to your […]

How to Welcome Someone New to the Team

Here’s a quick PSA for all employees looking to welcome a new hire to their team. Avoid the complicated pitfalls of social interactions, and follow the guide below to ensure a great first impression. ✔ DO prepare for the new hire ahead of time using an automated onboarding platform. × DON’T forget, say “OH SHOOT!! Woops. They don’t […]

How to Improve Employee Engagement

Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report shows that 33% of employees in the United States are engaged at work. That means that 67% of the workforce is disengaged, disenfranchised, and detrimental to the bottom line. We’ve spent the past few months outlining ways to improve employee engagement, and diving into the main questions: What is […]

How to Improve Employee Engagement: Find Good Friends

You’ve probably heard this before “I hate my job, but I love the people.” Usually, that love between co-workers stems from a mutual dislike of the company, culture-crushing gossip, criticism, and suppressed complaints. Flip that around to “I love my job, and I love the people” and those friendships become a defining aspect of the […]

How to Improve Employee Engagement: Focus on Quality

So, the manager just walked up to say that they need you on a team project and the planning meeting starts in 10. You grab your laptop and coffee, wander into the conference room with a smile plastered on your face and “please let this be a good group, please let this be a good […]

How to Improve Employee Engagement: Make the Mission Clear

It’s 7:37 pm on Wednesday night. I’m still at work, writing this blog and jamming out to Stevie Wonder. It should be a pretty quiet and lonely experience, but I’ve come to realize that I’m not completely alone. While I might have the office all to myself, I still see a few co-workers online, I see a […]

How to Improve Employee Engagement: Show You Care

Have you ever had a moment where you sat at work and wondered what would happen if you simply got up, left and never came back? Would anyone notice? Would anyone care? According to Gallup, only four in 10 U.S. employees strongly agree that someone, a supervisor or coworker, cares about them as a person. That […]