The process of employee retention begins from the day when an employee sets foot in the company. onboarding correctly, is one of the prime things that a company could do to retain its employees. The orientation and onboarding process are very important, because if they were done correctly, they could help in retaining. You must have heard the same first impression as the last impression. That is exactly what we are talking about. Let's understand it more clearly.
Onboarding means to integrate a new employee with the culture of an organization. onboarding includes meetings, videos, and printed materials. It's basically about introducing new employees to the organization. As well as their job role. onboarding includes orientation, where the new employee learns about the company's objectives, missions and goals. Orientation is basically a one time welcome event where the new employee is prepared to start the training.
So how can you make sure that onboarding happens correctly? First of all, the aim should be to prepare for success right before the date of joining of blood standard management or human resource stuff. You should stay in contact with the employees from the day they are selected until the day they are actually joining the company. This doesn't mean that you should call them every single day. Send them a welcome email a few days before they're joining or give them a reminder call for the date of Joining or you can even share some tips regarding what they will be experiencing on their first day in the company. Next step is to create an amazing employee experience.
By orientation and onboarding the new employee should be given ample of reasons why he should be a part of your company. Whether its financial benefits, or other benefits like holidays, work culture, infrastructure, facilities, job flexibility or extra activities. You have to make sure that you give them enough reasons to stay and continue in the company. You should present the company's value goals in a way that new employees are hooked to the idea of being a part of the company. They must feel that that they are about to be a part of Something fake. They would be a part of a brand that knows how to take care of its employees and fulfill their goals as well.
Earlier when I talked about first impression, his last impression, this is exactly what I meant. A warm welcome. Arrange a short session for introducing the new employee in their respective departments. If this is not possible, try to arrange a small session the team. The colleagues, teammates and seniors should give a warm welcome to the new employees. The Human Resource department plays a key role in onboarding and orientation process because they are the first people with whom the new employee starts interacting.
So if you're a part of it, make your presence count. Next is to help in daily activities. new employees are a bit anxious and hesitant in their initial days, they are new to the activities and working culture of the company. So you should help them and getting comfortable with the happenings of the company and how everything goes. Next is they thought, in the initial days, the employee must be encouraged to take part in the activities. They should be involved in team or department meetings and shouldn't be given opportunities to speak and give their suggestions.
When the employee knows that has opinions matter, he or she is more likely to dedicate himself to work and perform better. And this helps the management in getting new ideas and new ways to do something and achieve more. So let's see the key takeaway from this lecture. winning over the new employee is very important for saving costs which are spent on attrition. onboarding should become an amazing experience for each employee so that they look forward to working in the company for years to come. The bottom line is that the new employees should start feeling that they're a part of the company and work culture from day one.
Please head to the following lecture to see the next retention program. I'll see you there.