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Onboarding Experience Sets the Stage for Retention

Survale

The onboarding experience for new hires is the foundation for all your retention efforts. According to Brandon Hall Group, a good onboarding process can increase new hire retention by 82%. That’s not good for retention. Handbooks, training, acknowledgements of policies, etc. New employees need to feel productive as well.

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Why Employee Handbooks Lead to Happier Employees

RecruitLoop

Having a well-written employee handbook, it turns out, can be a wonderful recruitment and retention tool for your business. Her opinions are her own. If there was one simple thing you could do to have happier and more productive employees, would you do it? 1. […].

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What is Preboarding and Why is it Important?

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

It can include activities like filling out tax forms, making insurance elections, setting up direct deposits, receiving the company’s employee handbook, and being introduced to other team members. Aids in retention Turnover is an ongoing battle. Related: How to Write an Employee Handbook 2. If you’re in the U.S.,

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Breaking Down the Virtual Onboarding Process

ApplicantStack

That means the first introduction and subsequent few weeks of a new employee’s time is crucial to retention. It may require some creativity and organization, but the goal of retention and employee satisfaction is worth the effort. Productivity and retention can often be determined by the quality of your onboarding process.

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The 3 Most Effective Ways to Differentiate Your Employer Brand

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Or take a page out of Dell’s handbook and show what you’re doing to achieve a certain level of representation within your organization. But know that at least some of these findings are going to overlap with what your competitors find in their research, namely around hot-button topics like sustainability, DEI and innovation.

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Employee Handbook Telework Policies

Recruiting Daily Advisor

A well-written employee handbook can do just that. Employers should consider the why, who, where, when, what, and how of their telework policies when incorporating them into the handbook. The handbook should also detail how an employee may make a request for telework. Do collective bargaining agreements come into play?

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Employee Onboarding 101: What, Why, and How

ApplicantStack

A positive first experience also sets the tone with your company, which can play a role in employee retention and loyalty rates. Increase employee satisfaction and retention Here’s a statistic that might surprise you: Great onboarding can boost employee retention by 82 percent. Review some of the most common ones below.