A Full Month Of HR Metrics

The onboarding experience sets the tone for every employee’s tenure at your company. Great new hire onboarding starts them out on a positive note, increases retention, and sets employees up for long-term success. The most effective way for your organization to welcome employees and help them get settled quickly is by creating a plan, setting expectations, and providing feedback and recognition. Unsure how to build an onboarding plan for new hires? Here are some steps your HR team can take to set new employees up for success.

This post was originally published in July 2019. It was updated to include new data about how to cultivate a work culture and engage employees in August 2021. In today’s workplace, company culture is a major factor in attracting and retaining employees, and a lot of companies are working to cultivate a work culture that stands out against the more traditional workplaces and appeals to newer generations. Millennials are the largest generation in the workforce, and Generation Z’s impact also continues to grow. As their numbers grow, so too does the complexity of managing across multiple generations in a way that engages employees and resonates throughout the current and future workforce.

Over the last few years, we’ve seen some rapid shifts in the talent landscape, swinging from a shortage of candidates to a surplus and back again. These shifts couldn’t have been predicted and they have a huge impact on recruitment strategies. Mastering foundational parts of your recruitment and hiring strategy, like applicant management, allows strategies to expertly adapt to shifting market priorities. Applicant tracking software can play a key role in earning that proficiency.