Onboarding is the procedure of integrating a new employee into a company. A strategic and consistent onboarding process is key to helping new hires integrate into your business.
Particularly in graduate recruitment, when candidates are likely to have limited experience in full-time employment, a clear onboarding plan or employee orientation checklist essential to help them settle in, integrate with your team, work effectively, and ultimately stay at your company.
But effective employee onboarding doesn’t just involve initial training and introductions – and it isn’t just something to tick off on a list of to-do’s. The onboarding process should begin when a candidate accepts their offer, and continue for at least their first year, helping to nurture and develop graduates to become engaged, motivated and productive employees.