The Key Metric of New Employee Onboarding

Concurrently posted at https://www.camdendelta.com/hr-blog/the-key-metric-of-new-employee-onboarding/ We’ve all heard many times that there is a correlation between implementing a structured new employee onboarding program and reducing turnover. While improving retention and driving turnover down is an objective of any organization, to establish reduction in turnover as the key metric of a new employee onboarding program is somewhat like …

The Most Common Onboarding Consulting Requests

I've been associated with new employee onboarding and hiring automation for over 20 years now, which is even longer than we've used the term "onboarding". The earlier part of that time I was focused mostly on automating parts of the hiring and onboarding process. But since I sold my third software company, Emerald Software, in …

You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat! Recruiting

Sent to me by my colleagues at http://humanresourceshelpdesk.com This line - made famous in the iconic film "Jaws" - came to mind when I read a recent article in the January 2014 issue of HR Magazine titled "More Americans Quitting Jobs." I believe it signals good news. Editor Theresa Minton-Eversole indicates the number of Americans …

Merry Christmas!

(Sung to the tune of "Sleigh Ride") Just hear employees applying, interviews and hiring, too. Come on the recession's over, it's time to hire, it's true. Your competition is hiring and thumbing their noses at you. Come on the recession's over, it's time to hire, it's true. W4, I9, and policy forms, all waiting for …

Onboarding Process, Onboarding System

One of my most popular blogs was one that I wrote last summer trying to outline the difference between the onboarding process and an onboarding system (https://chuckros.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/onboarding-process-vs-onboarding-system/)  I still find myself discussing quite frequently what aspects of an overall onboarding process can be automated by an onboarding system (and what aspects should be automated).  Any …

Hiring Automation: A Barometer for Recovery?

You might have noticed that I took a blog writing hiatus for the past few weeks; it wasn't really planned, it's just that things just have been busy here in Alpharetta.  It's been a pleasant surprise after watching the economic indicators sliding downward for so many months.  There are a whole lot of reasons to …