Employee Onboarding Checklist

Losing a valuable member of staff can affect customer service and increases the workload of other employees. This can create an atmosphere of pressure when searching for a suitable replacement.

Then, even after you hire someone, you know they could potentially take weeks or months to feel completely ready for the job. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to acclimate your new staff member more quickly and efficiently? This is where the onboarding process comes in.

The Value of Onboarding

In recent years, big changes have taken place in the training of new employees. Traditional methods of introduction are now replaced by a more efficient and useful tactic called 'onboarding'.

In fact, research demonstrates that companies adopting effective onboarding practices can experience new employee productivity increases by as much as 54%, with their retention rate increased by 50%.

Still, even with all the research, some companies still don't realise the benefits of onboarding. This is because many companies are stuck adhering to outdated ideas or because of misunderstandings of the process.

Here at JMF Associates, we want to detail what's covered in employee onboarding to give you a clear understanding of its benefits.

Employee Onboarding's Key Objective

There are quite a few objectives to consider, including:

Ensuring Compliance with Legal Regulations: This is something everyone must do. If you have a good process, you can reduce the time required for educating new employees about compliance. Minimise your administrative burden and focus on the more important parts of your role.

Provide a Feeling of Belonging: New employees often feel out of place, which is very uncomfortable for them. When they feel that they truly belong to a company, they will be more loyal to you and can better focus on their work.

Improving the Hiring Process for HR: Every new employee means that the human resources team needs more management. For fast-growing companies that bring in new employees every week, the management burden can be huge.

Faster Hiring Process: Employee onboarding ensures increased productivity at a faster rate, thus allowing new employees to contribute to the business earlier. They will feel more confident, and your business will benefit.

Higher Retention Rate for New Employees: The recruitment process is expensive, both in working hours and money. Losing embedded team members can hurt the company culture. For these two reasons, you want to reduce employee turnover.

Establishing a Consistent Experience: To ensure that all of the above goals are effectively achieved, you need a good and consistent onboarding experience.

What's Included in the Onboarding Process?

Let's examine a brief overview of what is expected from a strong onboarding process.

Compliance: This includes contracts of compliance, tax code, policies, training on health and safety, and more.

Logistics: Provide location and directions to let your new hire know where to go.

Management: Provide relevant company and team information, such as what you do and how to do it.

Training: Introduce your learning process, system, and policies so that new employees can understand the expected content and prepare for their development.

Cultural engagement: Explain the company culture and values, and let employees understand your business model.

In Closing

As has been discussed, employee onboarding can serve to speed up the hiring process. And yet, it also improves company operations for management and HR. If you're not already providing employee onboarding, it is strongly advised that you start doing so today.
For more onboarding advice, contact us today by calling 0208 663 6699 or by emailing team@jmfassociates.co.uk.