Retention through On-Boarding Article Featured in AgriMarketing
Magazine  If we consider the definition of on-boarding, a series
of processes that it takes to transition an accepted applicant
into a productive employee, nowhere in that definition is there
a set time frame for how long that should take. Many
organizations make the mistake of looking at on-boarding as a
new employee’s first week on the job. As the definition points
out, the on-boarding process ends when the employee is
productive. That doesn’t happen in the first week!  An
investment in employee on-boarding programs positively impacts
employee engagement, morale, productivity and retention. That is
why it is so important to pay particular attention to this first
step.  There are a lot of studies that show the value of formal
on-boarding programs, such as a recent study done by
TMPWorldwide which reported 75% of top performing companies have
a formal program to bring on a new employee. The reasons
participants cited were that it provided a consi