SelectMinds NewHireConnect™
A relational approach to effective onboarding
“Newcomers who quickly establish a strategic network of relationships with co-workers and key resources are more productive, satisfied, and loyal to the organization.”
— Human Capital Institute, ‘The Importance of Effective Onboarding’
Worker mobility has never been higher: More than 25 percent of all workers in the United States have been with their company less than one year, and more than 33 percent less than two years. On average, American workers will change jobs 10 times between ages 18 and 37 (Babson Working Knowledge Research Program).
As your organization has already learned, the impact of this highly mobile workforce can be reflected in one of two ways: by lowered productivity caused by the slow ramp times of a multitude of new hires—or, alternately, as a way to energize your organization and provide new ideas and solutions in record time, contributing to both productivity and employee retention.
The difference can be found in relational onboarding. Until SelectMinds NewHireConnect, onboarding solutions focused on “administrivia” and logistics. Such systems automated training manuals, benefits information, forms, a desk, the request for a computer, perhaps even meeting schedules—all necessary, but not enough to help new employees learn how to navigate within their new organization.
SelectMinds NewHireConnect takes a holistic approach that helps you with new hire administration but, more importantly, ties your new employees to their personal network. SelectMinds NewHireConnect also provides a secure Corporate Social Network that fully integrates into your HR systems to help your company:
- Increase offer acceptance. The beginning of employment is always a time of expected anxiety for new hires. When candidates know that their initial experience will be guided by NewHireConnect, they become much more likely to accept your offer over in a competitor’s.
- Reduce first year turnover. NewHireConnect helps your new hires feel comfortable and welcomed, resulting in a more positive initial work experience. Our solution connects your new hires with each other, with key members of their own network, and with identified leaders throughout your organization. A “Buddy” system helps new hires learn what to expect even prior to day one. Additionally, interviewers - who gain significant knowledge about the strengths and accomplishments of your new hires - participate in the new hire socialization by sharing this positive information via the network.
- Reduce time to contribution. With NewHireConnect, your new hires arrive on the first day with a pre-arranged network of key individuals with whom they should connect, including their managers, team members, and strategic contacts throughout your organization. By learning to navigate their network, new hires learn how to accomplish their work quickly and effectively.
- Increase productivity. Integration with your learning and performance evaluation programs provide opportunities for all-important feedback to new employees, helping to measure progress on new skill development and projects.
- Increase long-term retention. SelectMinds onboarding forums immerse new hires in your organization’s culture, while giving them the opportunity to connect and identify network experts. Strong connections lead to high retention and satisfaction.
While managing both the relational onboarding and administrative tasks, NewHireConnect helps your new hires feel comfortable and welcomed, establish personal and professional bonds, and become socialized with your company culture, This creates long-term value for your organization in terms of morale, retention, and productivity.
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