Overview of Strategic Workforce Planning Part 1

The Texas State Auditor's Office workforce planning guide has a lot more to offer than the basics we looked at last week. So, let's continue perusing the guide to see what specific steps they recommend taking in the process of Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP). Communication about Value Before an SWP initiative can get off the …

Onboarding Compliance Specialist

Keeping up with what's going on in onboarding compliance always brings up some interesting search results on Google. Right now, there are some employers specifically seeking to hire onboarding compliance specialists. Let's take a look at what these HR professionals do. Here's an excerpt from one employer's recent job posting: "This position supports the new …

The Future Of Automated Employee Hiring

The last 20 years have seen a very significant shift in how HR departments handle the hiring process. Specialized onboarding software now plays a role in hiring automation for many mid to large sized companies. There's no telling what the onboarding sphere will look like in another 20 years. But here's our take on some …

Should New Hire Training Include Financial Advice?

Over the last couple of years, the topic of financial responsibility has been generating a lot of discussion in the HR field. Most employers are aware that their workforce is either facing financial hardship now or will in the future when retirement time rolls around. Businesses that care about the wellbeing of their employees are …

Handling the Complexity of Expatriate Onboarding

When an employee is transferred from the U.S. workforce to a location in another country, the onboarding process has to be started all over again. The employee/employer relationship will generally be governed by the laws of the host country. One of the most obvious changes for the employee is the alteration in tax status. For …

Can Perfectionism Hinder Onboarding?

The Evil HR Lady (Suzanne Lucas) has a great blog filled with advice for employees and employers alike. She has a knack for cutting directly to the heart of the matter and addressing the root causes of organizational conflict and inefficiency. Check out this recent post on why HR needs to stop aiming for perfection …

Managers Must Be Apprised Of Onboarding Changes

  As you've no doubt read on this blog before, collecting signatures on policy acknowledgements is a very important step in transactional onboarding. However, HR must be aware that these employment documents don't represent the only legally binding agreements between an organization and its workforce. Individual managers and supervisors may actually modify or nullify company …

New Hire Provisioning A Must In California

There's a lot that goes on in transactional onboarding that can affect whether your company is sued by employees at a later date. However, it's not just the forms and policy acknowledgements that matter. A failure to provide workers with the correct equipment can also lead to litigation. Safety gear is the obvious category of …

Why Offer Onboarding Solutions With No Contract?

  In the onboarding software niche, there are a number of business models. However, the most commonly used revenue generation instrument is the contract. Locking a new customer into a contract that runs for several years is one way to ensure that a software business has a steady stream of income. A contractual commitment means …

Potential Benefits Of E-Sign Compliance In Onboarding

Although employees can expect to sign many documents (including revised policies and updated tax forms) throughout their term of employment, they sign more forms during onboarding than at any other time. These forms define, to a large extent, the legal relationship between the employer and the employee. This is true even in situations where employment …