Tag: Employee Orientation
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Onboarding: Creating Connections to Coworkers and Culture
The onboarding process can be one of the most overlooked areas for organizations needing a quick win in the overall employee experience. Instead of leveraging this process as a way to drive engagement and create a lasting impression, some organizations tend to deliver a subpar experience or forego the practice altogether. Employees want an onboarding…
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Intuition is a Critical Skill for Great HR Pros
Intuition, awareness, or whatever you want to call it–it’s a critical skill if you want to be a successful HR pro. I’m a fan of examples to prove my point, so let’s dive in! Seeing the needs of new employees Recently I was helping to onboard a new group of employees. We had won a…
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Onboarding Process or Onboarding Mess?
Last week I dropped in on a webinar by the Brandon Hall Group and one of the comments floored me. 40% of organizations say their onboarding process is “less than effective.” Wow. @BrandonHallGrp — Ben Eubanks (@beneubanks) February 12, 2014 Seriously? 40%? That’s pretty incredible, considering the amount of information available out there to help…
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New Job Orientation for Remote Employees
While we have plenty of resources for how to onboard new hires, there isn’t much info with regard to new job orientation for remote employees. How do you handle off site employee orientation? What do you say? How do you communicate? Today we’ll look at all that, plus I’ll share a few ideas on how…
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I9 Verification Documents-How to Get Employee Cooperation
I9 verification documents-challenges and solutions I was wondering what suggestions you or others in the HR community have related to ensuring that new hires show up for orientation with the required forms(s) of ID for completion of the I-9. Currently, I include a copy of the back of the I-9 form when I send their…
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Orientation from across the table
I’ve been at my current organization for nearly a year now, and I really enjoy what I do. Just recently we have started an orientation process where our VPs of HR and Operations go out and meet small groups of new employees. It gives them a way to connect with the new people, and it…