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New Hire Onboarding Strategies & Tips | Select Your Gift

Posted on 08/29/2014 in Onboarding Employees

Onboarding Employees tips | ideas

Onboarding EmployeesOnboarding programs don’t have to be elaborate or costly, it’s all about how you onboard employees. These tips can help you get started.

In a Forbes article “Take Onboarding Seriously”, George Brandt says, “You get the employee engagement you deserve. If you want them to contribute, you’ll need direct communication. If you want them to commit to the cause, you must make an emotional connection with them.”

Here's some tips and ideas for your onboarding strategy:

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Employee Onboarding Process | Strategies & Tips

Posted on 08/28/2014 in Onboarding Employees

How to Develop an Onboarding Strategy

welcome-aboard-thumb.jpgEmployee Onboarding implies there is a defined strategy to accommodate and assimilate new hires, and often extends for up to a year.

That is very different from employee orientation - which refers to a short period of time - typically a day, or up to two weeks, at which time only general information is provided to all new hires.

The employee onboarding process is much more...

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What is Employee Onboarding? | Onboarding New Employees

Posted on 08/28/2014 in Onboarding Employees

Onboarding Employees - Defined

What is employee onboarding? The onboarding process is also defined as organizational socialization.

It refers to how new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become effective organizational members and insiders.

When onboarding new employees, an effective strategy begins with the process of hiring, and continues with welcoming and orienting the new employees, plus the introduction of your culture of engagement, values and appreciation.

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