Organizations are seeing this more frequently; an employee is hired, trained, and just when they are contributing solidly to the team, FLASH, they’re gone! The employee has moved on and once again there is an unfilled position.
The ability to successfully entice, acquire and retain talent has become a high stakes battle as organizations place new attention on retaining employees.
When a new employee starts their first day chances are they go through some type of orientation. The employee is bombarded with paperwork, documents about benefits and given a tour of the building and where the bathrooms are located. After a few days that employee is on their own and probably wondering if they made the right decision.
Companies may think that type of orientation program will set their new employee up for success. Unfortunately, they couldn’t be further from the truth. A deeper bond needs to be made with the employee and employer before the first day. Filling out paperwork and learning about your benefits is necessary; however, it should play a back seat to engagement, which can mean the difference between a long-term employee and one who leaves.
