What onboarding really includes:
- Background Checks
- Employment Verification
- Payroll set-up
- Benefit enrollment
- Tax reporting
- 401K sign-up
- Handbook review
- Reviewing company policies and org charts
- Any necessary role training
- Orientation
- Technology and workspace set-up
- Introduction to leadership team and supervisor(s)
- Role and goal-setting
- And just plain getting the hang of things
Onboarding is the first impression a new employee will have of your company. Don’t start off on a bad foot thinking the process of onboarding isn’t as important as providing someone with engaging work or a welcoming office culture.
It is possible to lose good employees early if the onboarding process is so tedious or confusing they worry the company will operate the same way. Especially if you’re hiring smart employees, they will start thinking through how they would’ve done it differently.
Onboarding isn’t a quick day-long process. It can take six weeks or more to fully onboard a new employee, and that’s only if you already have a solid system in place. Outsourcing your HR services and onboarding processes to a trusted partner can save you and your staff a lot of headaches in the hiring process.
