Providing a good and consistent candidate experience should not end after the offer. Ninety percent of new hires decide if they want to stay at a company during onboarding and a third will start looking for a new job if that initial impression and experience differs from what they were expecting. Often companies have focused so much attention on ensuring that candidates are taken care of during the hiring process, that they forget about the post-hire journey and experience. It’s important to create an onboarding program for new hires.
Designing a smooth candidate onboarding process that takes into account everything from efficiently completing paperwork and ensuring all technology is ready for the new starter, to defining their training timetable and meeting everyone that they’ll be working with should be a priority and integral part of your candidate engagement strategy. Having an onboarding solution that automates many of the steps within the hiring onboarding process will help you continue to provide a high-touch and on-brand experience for new hires.
