The Business Case for Good Onboarding

(from SHRM) New employees who begin their jobs with a structured onboarding process are significantly more likely to stay with an organization at least three years, according to research by a software company. The organizations they join, in turn, experience greater new-hire productivity. "The faster new hires feel welcome and prepared for their jobs, the faster they will be able to successfully contribute to the firm's mission," said the author of a book about onboarding.

By comparison, new hires who experience badly planned initiations may conclude that their workplace is poorly managed. That's one reason nearly a third of new hires quit their jobs within the first six months.

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