Setting the Stage for Success: Onboarding and Orientation Strategies

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of effective onboarding and orientation strategies to improve employee retention and satisfaction.

Starting a new job should feel energizing, not overwhelming. Yet research shows that nearly 30% of new hires leave within their first 90 days, a costly miss that often traces back to ineffective onboarding and orientation. Even more telling, only 12% of employees believe their company provides a great onboarding experience, which means most people feel the system fails them at exactly the moment they need it most. And considering that organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new...

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Hosts: Maria Melfa, Jocelyn Allen

Topics covered

• onboarding
• orientation
• employee retention
• new hires
• workplace culture

Keywords

• onboarding
• employee experience
• new hire retention
• workplace onboarding
• orientation strategies

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