The COVID pandemic and its aftermath have changed the world of HR forever. The Great Resignation is continuing apace, with PWC finding that one in five workers globally were thinking about quitting their jobs during 2022.
Tired old onboarding processes that waste time and don’t engage new hires just won’t cut it for businesses serious about retaining the best talent. The good news is that technology can help you create a streamlined onboarding experience that gets your employees fired up from day one. Let’s find out how.
Current Challenges with Employee Onboarding
The main challenge businesses face is that the employee experience of onboarding is often poor. First, employees often arrive having completed no pre-boarding and facing a huge pile of forms to complete. Next comes inadequate training and a role that doesn’t match the job description.
Little wonder this process often leaves employees disengaged and scouring online job ads.
Interestingly, research by McKinsey & Company highlights the importance of technology in an employee experience-driven (EX-driven) HR operating model. In this model, “HR, IT, and operations experts could be granted full responsibility to jointly plan, develop, and roll out a critical onboarding process.”
Rather than a disjointed, HR-led onboarding process that bears little relation to the employee’s actual role, all stakeholders work collaboratively to produce a coherent, one-stop, technology-based onboarding process. The perfect framework for this collaboration is EMP Trust HR’s Employee Onboarding Software.
Streamlining Onboarding
Onboarding software allows new employees to complete boring but necessary paperwork before they set foot in the building. Then, with federal, state, and organizational forms completed, day one is about orientation and training.
The software allows you to build detailed plans for their day, meaning they know where they should be at all times. Build training into the software that relates directly to their role and allows for seamless integration.
Improving the Onboarding Experience
Gallup found that only 12% of employees think their organization’s onboarding process is great. So, 88% do not.
New hires frequently complain that the onboarding process lacks preparation, management, and personalization. Exceed those expectations by preparing customized onboarding solutions for each new hire.
Many employees complain that the onboarding process is too short. Onboarding software provides a structure for onboarding processes that are of an appropriate length. This can be customized to suit the role and experience of the employee, making it truly beneficial for them and the company, by extension.
Let EMP Trust HR Solutions Take Your Onboarding to the Next Level
Collaboration between HR, IT, and line managers is critical to a successful onboarding process, but there’s no need for your organization to reinvent the wheel. EMP Trust HR’s employee onboarding software is an integrated solution that you can fully customize for your business.
New hires engage with a single portal. They complete effective pre-boarding processes and arrive on day one with a clear plan for the day. The onboarding process helps them feel confident in their role and part of the team right from the start.
Contact us today to learn what we can do for your business.
