Tag: Onboarding
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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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2017 Priorities for Talent Leaders: Strategy, Process, Impact
The new year brings new challenges and opportunities as we attempt to whip our HR and recruiting functions into shape. One of the new projects we’re working on at Lighthouse is our Global Talent Acquisition Sentiment Study. With more than 400 votes, we are helping to narrow down the most pressing priorities and topics across…
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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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Onboarding Tips for Managers
Every once in a while I share things here that I’ve put out to our managers. Why? Because I know that many of you struggle with getting your managers on board in some areas, too! The message below is one that I recently passed to our supervisors in order to help them understand the end…
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Hiring, Onboarding, Culture, and More on DriveThruHR
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with the great team over at DriveThruHR about some of the things that are “keeping me up at night,” so to speak. We discussed hypergrowth (how to prepare for 50% growth in less than a month), what it means to hire for culture fit, and more. It…
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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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Crafting a Welcome Letter to New Employees
I ran across this new employee welcome letter example from some old files and had to share. The creator (Antoine) was the best manager out of dozens at a previous employer, and it was little things like this that made his people love him. I had no idea he was providing these documents to his…