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On-Boarding – Your Organization’s First 100 Days!

May 17th, 2009 — 6:47pm

The on-boarding process is the initial training experience that a new employee will have with your organization.  This process is accompanied by bundled expectations; expectations initiated from the time that your new hire inquired into the position (passively or actively), continued during the recruitment-selection processes, and continues with what should be the first glimpse into your training and organizational assimilation processes.

On-boarding is real and though cost reductions have been made in many key HR areas, many organizations are finding it necessary to either implement or improve its existing on-boarding processes.  You have two arguably equal goals in the on-boarding process.

  • Reduce the time to productivity
  • Increase retention

That’s it.  It’s that simple and everything else either supports the two aforementioned goals or is background music (this includes the theoretical engagement and talent management arguments) . Continue reading »

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