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Webonboarding Feature Update: User Enhancements

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Webonboarding Feature Update: User Enhancements

Based on feedback from Webonboarding users, Webonboarding have implemented several enhancements to improve onboardee experience and advanced communicative features. What are the updates? Improved documentation management During the onboarding process, onboardees will upload key documentation before starting their new job. Previously, there was less guidance for onboardees to understand what type of documents are required. […]

Why paper-based onboarding is a problem in 2021

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Why paper-based onboarding is a problem in 2021

Requiring incoming workers to print off and scan documents is causing negative experiences for new starters, particularly over the last 12 months. This was one of the key takeaways from a recent webinar hosted by Hireful and featuring the insights of Webonboarding’s general manager, Simon Connell. The session looked at the hiring challenges posed by […]

Onboarding Learnings from 2020

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Onboarding Learnings from 2020

This recording is from a webinar we ran in February in conjunction with the ATS provider Hireful. We discussed onboarding learnings from the past 12 months and how to take those and apply them to the trends we will see in 2021.

How lessons of 2020 can deliver better onboarding

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How lessons of 2020 can deliver better onboarding

Looking back on 2020, it was a year of accelerated learning. It was a time when recruitment and HR teams found themselves having to quickly adapt and evolve to meet all of the challenges posed by COVID-19. The switch to remote working, the furloughing of staff and rapid shifts in staffing and resources all demanded […]

Remote onboarding and the ‘new normal’ for HR teams

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Remote onboarding and the ‘new normal’ for HR teams

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced HR teams to make some drastic changes to the way they operate. Virtually overnight, teams have had to adapt to remote working and the challenges of restricted access to a central office. But with restrictions easing, there comes the difficult task of deciding what should become the ‘new normal’ for […]

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Employee Onboarding: After Someone Starts

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Employee Onboarding: After Someone Starts

When do you finish employee onboarding? Recruitment and HR teams are always aware of the potential risk of a new employee leaving. In fact, after their initial employee onboarding and first weeks, the biggest risk is from month three to the end of the first year. This represents a massive potential problem. HR leaders know […]

Remote Onboarding – 8 Ways to Improve It

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Remote Onboarding – 8 Ways to Improve It

The Problems with Onboarding It has become abundantly clear over the last few months that current onboarding practices aren’t up to scratch for 2020. That was true before we entered this decade and now, when more and more recruitment and HR teams are having to manage everything remotely it becomes a major challenge. So what […]

How to improve onboarding support for line managers

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How to improve onboarding support for line managers

The onboarding process can be a frustrating experience for a line manager. Once a candidate has been selected and the onboarding phase begins, what kind of role should they be playing? Often, a hiring manager is left feeling left ‘out of the loop’ as the HR team takes on overall ‘ownership’ of onboarding, managing the […]

The Trouble With Managing Managers’ Feedback

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The Trouble With Managing Managers’ Feedback

One of the biggest challenges that teams who manage the onboarding process face is managing feedback throughout the process. This makes it difficult to identify areas to improve and work out what is being done well. Gathering Feedback The issue for these teams is that the feedback they gather is often ad hoc and gathered […]

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Clearing up confusion about onboarding roles

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Clearing up confusion about onboarding roles

Confusion over roles in the process is one of the common problems that HR and Recruitment experience with employee onboarding. This is certainly the case when dividing up responsibility between HR and the hiring managers of the team. The line manager needs to be part of the process and, without ‘joined-up thinking’, it leads to […]

The Boring Bits of Onboarding

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The Boring Bits of Onboarding

Should you get the boring bits done prior to a new hire starting? We say yes, 100% So why does it not happen in the majority of cases? In the Welcome Onboard research from 2019, we saw that over two thirds (71%) said that they were still completing documents on day one. When we speak […]

Why it’s time to speed up employee onboarding

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Why it’s time to speed up employee onboarding

The recent COVID-19 crisis helped to highlight how crucial it is to have a rapid hiring process. The crisis badly affected Healthcare, distribution and food production. They found themselves having to quickly recruit thousands of extra workers as demands spiked. At the same time, a lot of teams managing this were working remotely. All this […]

When is it best to introduce new hires to their team?

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When is it best to introduce new hires to their team?

If your day one process is currently a full blown company induction and full of a lot of heavy learning about the organisation, your processes, policies and procedures then sometimes it can feel like you are squeezing too much in by adding team engagement as well. So when do you start to think about introducing […]

Is employee experience more important than customer experience?

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Is employee experience more important than customer experience?

You can’t offer a great customer experience unless you have a team capable of delivering it. Or in the words of Sir Richard Branson: “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” Despite this, the focus for most business strategy tends […]

How can you encourage current employees to make new starters feel more welcome?

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How can you encourage current employees to make new starters feel more welcome?

The first days and weeks of a new employees work life are an important part of them becoming part of the team and fitting into company culture and integration is often cited as a reason that employees leave when they fail to stay in a role for longer than 6 months so how can you […]

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Webonboarding Feature Update: User Enhancements

Webonboarding Feature Update: User Enhancements

Why paper-based onboarding is a problem in 2021

Why paper-based onboarding is a problem in 2021

Onboarding Learnings from 2020

Onboarding Learnings from 2020

How lessons of 2020 can deliver better onboarding

How lessons of 2020 can deliver better onboarding

Remote onboarding and the ‘new normal’ for HR teams

Remote onboarding and the ‘new normal’ for HR teams

Employee Onboarding: After Someone Starts

Employee Onboarding: After Someone Starts

Remote Onboarding – 8 Ways to Improve It

Remote Onboarding – 8 Ways to Improve It

How to improve onboarding support for line managers

How to improve onboarding support for line managers

The Trouble With Managing Managers’ Feedback

The Trouble With Managing Managers’ Feedback

Clearing up confusion about onboarding roles

Clearing up confusion about onboarding roles

The Boring Bits of Onboarding

The Boring Bits of Onboarding

Why it’s time to speed up employee onboarding

Why it’s time to speed up employee onboarding

When is it best to introduce new hires to their team?

When is it best to introduce new hires to their team?

Is employee experience more important than customer experience?

Is employee experience more important than customer experience?

How can you encourage current employees to make new starters feel more welcome?

How can you encourage current employees to make new starters feel more welcome?

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