New-hire feedback has helped a growing organisation achieve a 90 per cent approval rating for its onboarding process, after it ditched gimmicky efforts that played well on social media but added no real value.
A workplace culture overhaul, wide-ranging suite of employee benefits and new workspace have helped Bpay win almost unanimous support for its latest EA and achieve a Best Employer accolade.
An HR manager dismissed for misconduct has been ordered to pay $71k in costs for pursuing a meritless review of her case. Also in this article: HR roles in demand; organisations looking for onboarding expertise; and more.
Organisations put significantly less effort into pleasing their employees compared to their customers, but applying similar principles across both groups creates a "huge" opportunity to better recruit, engage and retain staff, a leadership expert says.
Ooh Media has completely overhauled its recruitment and onboarding functions, automating the bulk of its processes and putting the candidate and employee experience at the centre of all decision-making, according to head of talent Alana Bennett.
Certain practices during recruitment and onboarding are guaranteed to ensure new hires stay longer in their role, according to an HR leader at LinkedIn.
HR should automate induction and onboarding processes as much as possible not only to save time, but to ensure admin tasks don't dominate "crucially important" face-to-face interactions, an award-winning MD says.
A "brain dump on day one" can be a quick, cheap way to induct new frontline leaders, but induction programs that overwhelm people with more information than their brains can handle are ineffective, and can cause widespread underperformance, says frontline leadership expert Karen Schmidt.
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