Reducing turnover and fast-tracking new employees to productivity is a key business imperative. The reality is that about 30% of millennials don’t make it past their first year and it’s expensive. Good recruitment and hiring can be quickly undone by disorganized poorly executed new employee onboarding. And as millennials become a driving force in the workplace, they represent special opportunities and challenges. Every generation has unique needs and Millennials are no different. But good onboarding and retention practices for Millennials is generally good for everyone. This is an opportunity to step up our game.

The research is clear; a systematic comprehensive onboarding process is good business. In fact formal onboarding increases the chance of keeping a new employee for at least 3 years by 69% and one study showed employees were productive two months earlier with an effective program. Employees get up to speed quicker and stay on the job longer when their first year experience is well managed.

Best practices onboarding integrates the employee into the company through socialization, acculturation, training, and coaching. The result is employees who clearly understand their role and feel connected to the company and that is an important step toward retention.

Fortunately there are strategies to stem the migration of employees to your competitors but it is clear that old tactics are no longer effective. During this webinar we will focus on millennials and other employees to understand why they stay or leave. We will also offer plenty of best-practice ideas on retention strategies that you can implement.

We’ll show you how best of class programs start onboarding during recruitment and have a systematic program for the first year of work. This webinar gives you the key components to a cost-effective onboarding plan and effective ongoing strategies that improve retention and reduce costly turnover.

Why should one attend this webinar?

Effective onboarding ensures employees become more productive and effective more quickly, increases engagement, and improves retention. Onboarding best practices is a competitive advantage for companies that want to succeed. And once employees are on board it is critical that we develop and nurture them to improve retention. It is clear, old strategies will no longer work with a modern workforce.

Areas Covered in the session?

What you receive:

• The purpose and benefits of a great onboarding program
• Understand the 5 key components of a best practices onboarding program.
• Understand the four “C’s”: Compliance, Clarification, Culture, Connection
• 8 Tips for enhancing Millennial onboarding
• Applying gamification to onboarding – why and how
• How to structure a comprehensive onboarding plan
• How to build connections with new hires
• Quickly getting Millennials to their full potential
• How retention/stay interviews support onboarding
• Receive an assessment of your onboarding program
• Receive coaching and mentoring questions to build engagement and loyalty
• How to use technology to modernize your program
• Best practices for effective programs
• Why millennials and other employees stay or leave
• Importance of compensation in employee satisfaction and motivation
• The relationship of leadership to retention and turnover
• Mission, vision, and values – how they make a big difference with millennials
• The surprising importance of “cause work” for millennials
• 135 + ideas for reducing turnover
• 7 steps to giving effective recognition
• Keys for millennial retention

Handouts and samples

1. Coaching questions for retention and engagement
2. Onboarding program assessment
3. List of 100+ onboarding best practices
4. Copy of speaker's presentation slides
5. 135+ Retention Strategies
6. A free leadership assessment
7. List of questions for employee development and retention interviews

Webinar Benefits:

• 2.0 SHRM/HRCI-approved hours
• Live question and answer session

Bonus Handouts:

1. Coaching questions for retention and engagement
2. Onboarding program assessment
3. List of 50+ onboarding best practices
4. 135+ Retention Strategies
5. A free leadership assessment
6. List of questions for employee development and retention interviews

Who Will Benefit: Human Resources professionals, leaders, managers, supervisors, and organizational development.