With technology being incorporated in business operations, it has now become easier than ever to build and give new hire experiences to an increasingly digital, diverse, and scattered workforce. With so many transformations happening around, companies have started rethinking and reimagining their onboarding processes lately. We all know that delivering good virtual onboarding experiences can result in several advantages along the way, from increased employee retention to boosted productivity levels.
It is no news that automation is impacting almost every aspect of human resource management- onboarding is no exception. Automation can aid companies to efficiently manage and improve their onboarding experiences in this virtual world. Unlike traditional methods, the automated onboarding process gives employees the information and goals they need. This in turn helps them to connect more deeply with the culture of the organization and easily build meaningful connections with colleagues.
In this article, we will tell you three ways automation can help companies to deliver the best onboarding experiences and build an efficient hybrid workforce. Let’s dive in.
Simplifies Process
Automating the whole onboarding process for new employees allows companies to save time and energy to cover ground that is usually overlooked in manual methods.
Onboarding employees includes a host of factors, from explaining the business strategy to the informal information that makes up the company culture. All these elements should be rightly integrated into the onboarding experience of the new hire. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Different employee demographies have different needs based on locations, roles, and departments. Taking care of all of these needs in a way that does not overwhelm new hires can take a great deal of time and effort. This is when automation and automated solutions come into play. HR and recruitment systems not just save time and money for companies but also allow them to streamline the onboarding process and effectively improve new hire engagement.
Promotes Consistency & Scalability
According to a recent study, one of the leading challenges in onboarding is inconsistency. Consistency helps companies to improve as well as scale their onboarding experience. Traditionally, HR managers were expected to send hundreds of messages/emails to new hires every other day. Let’s face it, it is not easy to ensure consistency manually. However, using automated tools, companies can easily deliver consistent onboarding experiences along the way.
Integrating the right internal communication systems with the existing systems can provide a smooth new hire experience. Say, for instance, by integrating campaign software with an HR management system, a company can conveniently “trigger” or launch a new onboarding campaign anytime a new person is added to the database.
In simpler words, automation is a push to internal communications that help to deliver the right messages to the right people at the right time. Besides, automation even makes sure all these tasks are carried out under guidelines and rules set by the company.
Tracks Information to Perform and Optimize
While onboarding new people, a company won’t know how much of an impact it has made without tracking the results. Now, engagement data such as forms completed, content views, employees reached, clicked and more give companies the insight they need to make sure the onboarding experience was effective enough.
So, understanding data as well as the impact of onboarding on new employees is one of the vital steps companies must take to move towards improvement. Automation makes this process easier for managers and employers as it helps them to gather real-time insights on onboarding. Needless to say, understanding what’s working and what’s not can allow companies to quickly shift gears on a tactical level or make the right changes to their onboarding process.
There is more but we have only discussed the top three ways automation can help organizations and simplify their onboarding process. We hope this article has convinced you to embrace automation and redesign your virtual onboarding process at the earliest possible.
