Pre-boarding employees: How to boost new hires’ confidence, speed and competence

The first week in a new job is when 33% of new employees decide whether to stay or go. Ensuring new hires feel welcomed, effective and clear about their expectations is vital to retention. And, of course, you’ll be keen to get them up to performance quickly so they can effectively do the job you hired them for.

We’ve been talking onboarding with a lot of customers recently. But we’d like to roll back to an earlier idea: pre-boarding. Starting the process earlier, before new hires step through the door, gets them further along that crucial company learning curve. This helps them perform their best more quickly – and, just as importantly, makes them feel especially excited about and welcomed to their new work home.

In this article, we show you how to simply package up key materials into a stylized digital package and deliver it to new hires’ inboxes – as soon as they say yes!

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