In some organizations, the onboarding process is limited to the employee’s first few days of work, and involves little more than filling out some payroll and benefits paperwork, and completing some training. In others, onboarding extends up to a year and is thought to start at the recruiting and hiring experience. And some still have no formal onboarding process at all. Yet how you onboard a new employee can have a significant impact on both the employee’s and your organization’s success. This eBook explores best practices that every organization should follow to build strong and lasting working relationships with new employees.

1. How great organizations
welcome new employeeseBook
A complete guide to career management
best practices

2. What kind of first impression is your
company making on new employees?

3. Recent studies show that strong onboarding
experiences can increase retention rates for
new hires by up to 25%.
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4. Think back to your first day…
Did you feel welcomed?
Or did the experience make you wonder
if you’d made a big mistake?
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5. A good onboarding
program:
• Lays the foundation for
a strong, lasting and productive
working relationship
• Helps new employees quickly become
high performing in their roles
• Lasts longer than just
a few days
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6. The benefits of a strong onboarding program
Boosts new hire
retention
Increases customer
satisfaction
Increases employee
engagement
Improves year-over-
year revenue per
full-time employee
Sources: Aberdeen Group and
Corporate Leadership Council
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7. So how do you ensure your onboarding
process makes employees feel welcome
and supported in their new roles?
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8. The eBook, How great organizations
welcome new employees, can help!
In the book, you’ll:
Discover the onboarding best practices
research says every organization should
have in place.
Learn how you can adopt these best
practices in your organization using a
cloud-based talent management solution.
Read success stories from organizations
that have implemented these best
practices and are seeing some great results.
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9. Onboarding
Best practices
• Extend onboarding activities beyond the
initial three months
• Communicate role expectations up front
• Invite the employee to communicate his
or her value, and to contribute early on
• Integrate learning into the onboarding
process
• Set the employee up for success with 30-,
60-, and 90-day reviews
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10. Best Practice #1
Extend onboarding activities
Initial activities:
• Meeting managers,
leaders and executives
• Introduction to
organization’s mission,
vision and values
• Completing HR forms
and mandatory training
Longer-term activities:
• Meeting key
organizational contacts
• Creating a career
development plan
• Building a relationship
with a mentor
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11. Best Practice #2
Communicate role expectations
• Give the employee an up-to-date job description
• Communicate organizational and departmental
high-level goals
• Explain how the employee’s goals help the
department or organization reach its goals
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12. Best Practice #3
Employees communicate their value and
contribute early on
Let employees show how they can enrich your
company culture by:
• Soliciting the employee’s ideas and opinions
• Asking about previous accomplishments and
how the employee can repeat that behavior
• Assigning tasks the employee can do right
away to get a sense of accomplishment
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13. Best Practice #4
Integrate learning into onboarding
Research shows that including learning at this stage:
• Helps a new employee adjust
• Has a positive impact on job satisfaction
and retention
• Can help accelerate productivity
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14. Best Practice #5
Include 30-, 60-, and 90-day reviews to:
Help employees:
• Get the early direction,
feedback and coaching
they need to succeed
• Assess progress made in
the new role
• Build a strong
relationship with their
manager
Help managers:
• Quickly flag any potential
learning gaps
• Set goals and development
plans
• Start an ongoing, open
dialogue with the
employee
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15. It’s cliché but true: You never get a
second chance to make a first impression.
Make sure your company gives new employees a great
first impression – and ensures the success of both your
new hire and your business.
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