Research:
Three significant talent management challenges
companies face in today's economy are engaging
and retaining new hires beyond the orientation
phase of employment, maximizing their productivity
as quickly as possible, and maximizing the
return on investment in the hiring process.
Many companies find comprehensive onboarding
programs to be a key component in successfully
meeting these challenges. Onboarding is the
strategic process designed to attract and engage
new talent, reaffirm their employment decision,
acclimate them into the organization's culture, and
prepare them to contribute to a desired level in the
shortest possible time. Aberdeen Group Research
Director Kevin Martin calls it, "orientation on
steroids." Onboarding can make a considerable
difference in a company's brand, its ability to
attract and retain new employees, and decrease the
cost of recruitment.
This executive briefing will examine the findings
of Aberdeen's recent onboarding study, present a
case study of an onboarding initiative at Ann
Taylor, look at the view of employees involved in
onboarding from another case study, and review
what best-in-class companies do to make their
onboarding programs successful.
