Comments on: Your Onboarding Program Needs a Pair of Fresh Eyes http://www.ere.net/2008/05/15/your-onboarding-program-needs-a-pair-of-fresh-eyes/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Do You Know What Your New Hires Think About Your Orientation Program? : ERE.net http://www.ere.net/2008/05/15/your-onboarding-program-needs-a-pair-of-fresh-eyes/#comment-7186 Do You Know What Your New Hires Think About Your Orientation Program? : ERE.net Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:23:31 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/15/your-onboarding-program-needs-a-pair-of-fresh-eyes/#comment-7186 [...] my last article on onboarding, titled “Your Onboarding Program Needs A Pair Of Fresh Eyes,” I shared a rather humbling personal experience. In the article, I described the mistake I [...] [...] my last article on onboarding, titled “Your Onboarding Program Needs A Pair Of Fresh Eyes,” I shared a rather humbling personal experience. In the article, I described the mistake I [...]

]]> By: Brian Gaspar http://www.ere.net/2008/05/15/your-onboarding-program-needs-a-pair-of-fresh-eyes/#comment-3773 Brian Gaspar Thu, 15 May 2008 05:15:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/15/your-onboarding-program-needs-a-pair-of-fresh-eyes/#comment-3773 The worker's first impression clock starts ticking well before the first 24 hours of work. ?Pre-boarding? an employee can increase engagement prior to the start date and ensure the employee arrives confident about joining an organization. For example, Universities deploy orientation programs that begin far earlier than the actual first day of classes. While, many aspects are purely logistical: course scheduling, housing and familiarization with the campus, the social benefits are important. Summer orientations help students build social networks, meet potential roommates and engage in social activities. Students afforded these opportunities arrive with existing relationships and can more easily acclimate to campus life. By adopting PreBoarding best practices and leveraging technology, organizations can ensure quicker time to productivity, increased engagement and lowered attrition. Organizations should focus their pre-boarding activities on four key components: learning, goal and expectation setting, building social networks and logistics. With this, New Hires feel confident that they are a part of the team and able to hit the ground running because the OnBoarding process ended the day they started. The worker’s first impression clock starts ticking well before the first 24 hours of work. ?Pre-boarding? an employee can increase engagement prior to the start date and ensure the employee arrives confident about joining an organization.

For example, Universities deploy orientation programs that begin far earlier than the actual first day of classes. While, many aspects are purely logistical: course scheduling, housing and familiarization with the campus, the social benefits are important. Summer orientations help students build social networks, meet potential roommates and engage in social activities. Students afforded these opportunities arrive with existing relationships and can more easily acclimate to campus life.

By adopting PreBoarding best practices and leveraging technology, organizations can ensure quicker time to productivity, increased engagement and lowered attrition. Organizations should focus their pre-boarding activities on four key components: learning, goal and expectation setting, building social networks and logistics.

With this, New Hires feel confident that they are a part of the team and able to hit the ground running because the OnBoarding process ended the day they started.

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