On-Boarding For Dummies: How To Successfully Bring New Employees on Board
Employee turnover is a costly problem. And with 22% of employees leaving their jobs within the first 45 days of employment, it’s all the more important to be sure that your employees are assimilated into your company with special care and ease. Of course, successful on-boarding is easier said than … Read more
Employee Orientation vs. Onboarding: How to Capitalize On the Difference
When did new employee orientation become onboarding? I’m not sure, but the concept has taken hold to describe a more comprehensive process than sitting an employee down on day one to fill out I-9 and W-4 forms. Dictionary.com and Webster don’t recognizing onboarding as a word so I resorted to … Read more
Aggressively Recruiting Gen Y? It Could Backfire
New research reveals that a common recruitment practice may be more likely to drive away promising Gen Y talent than attract them. Read more
For SMBs, 5 Ways to Offer Learning that Sticks
Great companies take extreme measures to hire the right people for the right jobs. They know not everyone is great at every job and that the best results come from aligning employees to jobs that need their particular combination of talents, strengths and passions. So while many organizations work hard … Read more
4 Ways to Boost Training Retention and Memory
Whatever the field in which you’re training or being trained, there’s one thing that can improve the experience – a better memory. Whether the subject is chess, computer coding or cookery, better recall will help students reach mastery sooner and with fewer headaches. So are you simply cursed (or blessed) … Read more
