The Beginner’s Guide to Employee Onboarding

Congratulations, your new hire has signed the offer letter! Now the real work begins.

Employee onboarding is the final step in the hiring process and one of the most critical pieces of employee retention.

In this guide, I’ll show you what a good onboarding process looks like, and how to set it up for your organization.

Top Rated Onboarding Software to Improve Employee Onboarding

If you want to improve employee onboarding, you’ll need onboarding software. Here’s the best options.

GoCo – Best for organizations growing past 100 employeesLessonly – Best for training 25+ new hires per monthTrainual – Best for upskilling employees quicklyGusto – Best for combining simple onboarding and payrollBambooHR – Best single platform for recruiting and onboarding

You can read our full reviews of each onboarding software here.

What is Employee Onboarding?

If joining a new company is like tying the knot, then employee onboarding is the honeymoon period.

There’s the practical side of it, such as getting paperwork in order, equipment ready to go, assigning login credentials, and getting the new employee up to speed with everything they need to be successful in th… Read More