Effective Onboarding for Employee Retention

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Effective Onboarding for Employee Retention
Recruiting and retaining top performing employees
are often quite challenging. Recruitment is
comprised of many steps starting with creating a
job description, posting about the vacancy,
shortlisting applications, verifying profiles,
and arranging for interviews. It does not stop
there but extends to offer negotiation and
positive confirmation from the right
candidate. A recently recruited employee
might feel like a visitor and it is our job to
make him or her a part of the family that
contributes to its development. It is not
uncommon for someone to quit within the first few
months on the job, not because they found
something else to do but because they just
couldnt fit themselves into the organizations
culture. Companies need to come up with
innovative programs for newly recruited
resources to settle down, gain insights into the
strategic and operational aspects of the
business and integrate into the company
culture seamlessly. Employee onboarding is a
significant first step where the new resources
are informed of the companys vision,
mission, values, and policies. It also
provides an opportunity for them to
meet key stakeholders and understand
their perspectives. A well-planned induction
program during the first two weeks will set the
ball rolling but that does not mean you have
completed onboarding. It extends beyond
induction and can be a yearlong program in which
participation of reporting manager, human
resources, and leaders across business units
enhance the effectiveness of the program. It is
also beneficial to assign mentors to new
resources. Ways in which effective onboarding
improves employee retention
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• Provides clarity on goals, processes,
  and key result areas, thereby removing
  ambiguity and disorientation.
• Creates a platform for communication and
  collaboration, helping new resources feel
  connected and comfortable.
• Enhances visibility and creates
  opportunities for new employees to
  simultaneously learn and contribute.
• Get inspired and motivated by internal success
  stories and understand the impact their company
  has made.
• A good onboarding program will save you time
  and money that will be otherwise spent on
  workplace conflict resolution.
• Facilitate a smoother transition for recruits.
• Make employees feel respected and appreciated.
• Fundamental components of effective staff
  onboarding

• Create programs that build trust and promotes
  transparency.
• Build clear communication channels.
• Offer continuous feedback.

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• Assign mentors to new staff.
• Be empathic and think out-of-the-box to
  come up engaging methods that promote
  collaboration.

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• Perils of not having an effective onboarding
  strategy
• Lowers morale.
• Increases employee turnover.
• Adversely impacts business growth.
• Lowers employee retention rates.
• Wintegrity A Leading Staffing and Recruiting
  Agency

Our expert recruitment team at Wintegrity will
help you identify, screen, recruit and onboard
the perfect candidates that fit your
requirements. Our expertise spans across
industries such as IT, Manufacturing,
Industrial Automation, Energy, Financial
Services, and Healthcare. Get in touch with
us now and we can offer expert solutions
to your hiring problems. Be it a single
position or a professional team for a new
department that you need to recruit,
Wintegrity is ready to help. We are one
of the leading staffing and recruiting
companies in North America and our senior
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members have decades of industry experience
in sourcing and recruiting the right
candidates for different organizations. For more
details, visit www.wintegrity.com.