How to Create a Meaningful Onboarding Experience

We’ve shared lots of secrets on how to help kickstart your onboarding programs and completely overhaul your process, but how can you make it truly meaningful for your new employees? Onboarding programs have been shown to increase retention by 25% and even improve employee performance by up to 11% so it’s no surprise employers want […]

On Your First Day of Work, Make It Count

The First Day Begins Before the First Day The first day of work for anyone can be filled with stress and uncertainty. And first impressions are tough. But we’re here to help! Take a look at our top three tips to make the right impression on your new hire’s first day. Starting a new job […]

10 Onboarding Do’s and Don’ts You Have to Know

How to get it right… right from the start! Making an employee’s first day their best first day ever doesn’t come easily. In fact, for every company that excels at it, there are five more who are doing it oh-so-wrong (or not at all). So much time is spent on candidate experience from the sourcing, […]

Why You Should Measure Quality of Hire

Why does it matter? It’s no secret that finding the right candidate for your open position can be a difficult and time consuming. Matching skills, education and cultural fit are rarely easy but on top of these must haves, what also needs to be taken into consideration during the hiring process is quality of hire. […]

Where the Purple Squirrels Really Are

Benefits of internal hiring The early onboarding process is important, but a continued relationship with an employee is just as pivotal. Employees aren’t done being recruited and retaining relationships post-hire keeps them in the long term hiring pipeline. Many companies look externally to fill positions when they may only need to ask their already established […]

5 Tips to Increase Productivity and Decrease Onboarding Costs

Getting ready to make a round of hires? Bringing on new employees is an investment for firm’s time and money. Sourcing, recruiting, and onboarding is not cheap and once the new hire gets to work it can take about 5 months for them to reach full productivity levels. Seems like there’s no way to get […]

Hiring Remote Workers? Try These 4 Onboarding Techniques

There’s no question that remote working is here to stay. In fact, a 2019 report conducted by Buffer concluded that 99% of employees claim they would like to work remotely “at least some of the time” for the rest of their careers. That’s a stat that can’t be ignored. Remote telecommuting has been attributed to […]

Employer Brand: Get Your Expert Advice Here

Talent is no doubt what makes an organization great, but when it comes to all of the processes and checklists for the talent lifecycle, it’s easy to find yourself going down a rabbit hole. From employer brand to performance management, and everything in between, keeping track of best practices can become a task itself. Don’t […]

Millennial Stats that Will Wake Up Your Onboarding

Millennials are a controversial topic right now. The world at work is trying to figure out what their presence will mean for companies and other generations. Hate to break it to you, but they aren’t going anywhere. In fact, they are only coming in greater numbers each year. As the shift continues, the importance and […]

How the Experts are Onboarding the New Generation

The new generation is here! In 2015, Millennials surpassed GenX and became the largest generation in the US labor force. As the Baby Boomers continue to retire, that number will continue to grow. So why is this important? Well, this young, educated and tech-savvy group is different from all predecessors in some really big ways. […]