Onboarding New Employees: Maximizing Success

After effective recruitment and selection, one of the most important ways that organizations can improve the effectiveness of their talent management systems is through the strategic use of onboarding. Onboarding is the process of helping new hires adjust to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly. This should always be a priority for HR departments because, in the United States, more than 25 percent of the working population experiences career transitions every year. 1 In Fortune 500 companies alone, about 500,000 managers take on new roles each year, and overall, managers begin new jobs every two to four years. Unfortunately, in the midst of all these transitions,.