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Onboarding: How To Make People Care About It and Do It Right
It’s very important to how employees perceive your organization.
The “Big Issues” Series
Do people seem to care about onboarding as a topic?
Ah, on-boarding. (Or is it “onboarding?”) The process of a new employee’s first day/days/weeks/months. It’s something every company should have a plan for, but almost none ever seem to. People view it as a transactional thing: meeting with your boss, walk-through with HR, lunch with your boss, set up your cube, and then go home. On Day 2, your boss FWDs along some project you’ll be “spear-heading,” and you hit the ground running. The next time you have a…
