Category : Onboarding

MOBILE BASED ONBOARDING SOLUTIONS | DELIVER THE BEST ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE TO NEW HIRES

MOBILE BASED ONBOARDING SOLUTIONS | DELIVER THE BEST ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE TO NEW HIRES

WHAT IS ONBOARDING AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT 

Onboarding is the process by which new hires are emotionally, physically and professionally integrated into the established culture and operations of their new employer. It is ideally the first step in the new hire’s journey to contribute to organizational success. 

The importance of onboarding the right candidate lies in the fact that they can both build and demolish the business. Poor onboarding practices can not only make the organization lose a bright candidate but also a chance to ace the industry in which it operates. To ensure that the organization does not lose its most important asset i.e human resource, it is extremely important to extend a red carpet at the very first step of their professional journey i.e Onboarding. Onboarding with the help of a mobile based application helps the organisation to give a stellar “first impression”.

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Category : Onboarding

Cut down 60% of your Onboarding Cost with Digidesk

Cut down 60% of your Onboarding Cost with Digidesk

In our previous blog, How to Calculate Employee Onboarding Cost we found out how much it really costs to onboard an employee, and we did so by drilling down into the real cost of the new-hire in each phase of onboarding in their Pre-Onboarding, Onboarding and First Month of the job. 

In this post, we look at all the factors that could lead to a poor onboarding experience for your new hires and see how we can save that with the help of our Digital Onboarding Experience Platform – Digidesk.

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Category : HR Transformation

What are the Outcomes of HR Transformation? – Chapter 3

What are the Outcomes of HR Transformation? – Chapter 3

HR transformation is not a single event — it’s a new pattern of thought and behavior. As discussed in Chapter 2, the rationale for the transformation comes from general business conditions and the ability to increase value to specific stakeholders. The traditional answer is that you can measure specific quantitative outcomes of HR practices. For example:

  • How many people did we hire?
  • What percentage of low performers was removed from the organization?
  • How many employees completed the required 20 or 40 hours of training in the past year?
  • How many information sessions were held?
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Category : Onboarding

5 Steps to World-Class Onboarding

5 Steps to World-Class Onboarding

In one of our previous post, we’ve talked about onboarding as a pleasurable experience. But it mostly talked about providing a better experience for the HRs, the Talent Acquisition Experts. But what about the new hires? Shouldn’t the onboarding experience be a much better, the least, for the new joiners?

The experiences that new hires get before they join is far more essential in terms of bringing down the overall attrition rate for your company. Hence, we’ve put down 5 quick and easy-to-follow steps to give your new joiners an A1 onboarding experience.

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Category : Onboarding

V – Guard | Digital Transformation of Employee Onboarding | Case Study

V – Guard | Digital Transformation of Employee Onboarding | Case Study

The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning “large foot”). Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to these species is that most of the young are carried in a pouch, to safely protect its young. (Source: Wikipedia)

How did the Kangaroo leap forward?

V- Guard Logo - Onboarding Case Study

In 1977, this inspired a young entrepreneur, Mr. Kochouseph Chittilappilly from Cochin, when he founded a small voltage stabilizer manufacturing unit.

Fast forward to the present, today V-Guard is one of India’s leading consumer goods company with diversified product offerings.

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Category : Onboarding

Onboarding should be a Pleasure, not a Pain!

Onboarding should be a Pleasure, not a Pain!

Onboarding is a critical weakness for a majority of organizations that stalls new hire momentum. A poor onboarding experience threatens to disengage enthusiastic employees during their crucial first weeks on the job

From childhood, I’ve been personally haunted by physical forms. Small boxes, short dashes and bad handwriting, well you get the idea!

When we at Heptagon took up the challenge to revolutionize the human resource onboarding experience, I couldn’t have been happier.

Vijay Veera, Co-Founder & CEO, Heptagon.in
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