10 ways to Nurture Your New Hires

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In this webinar, Chief Talent Scout for Clear Channel Communications Morgan Hoogvelt will share his expertise in human capital strategy to help you get your new employees engaged and productive in those critical first few weeks of employment. Join us to learn:• Ten ways you can help employees get up-to-speed and working with their teams quickly• What actions or inactions isolate and frustrate new employees and how to avoid them• How to identify weak points in your onboarding process and improve them• How to use technology to automate your process and assign task ownershipYou will leave this webinar with proven methods and techniques for helping your new hires integrate into your organization quickly and become productive and happy members of your team.

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10 Ways to Nurture your New HiresFebruary 16, 2012

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Who is Dovetail?

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Dovetail is a leader in employee support software enabling organizations to:

reduce administrative costs, increase productivity,and improve service delivery.

Customer Snapshot:

January February March April May June

Why Nurture?

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85% of new hires decide within the first 6 months whether or not they will stay with their employers

Cost of Employee Turnover

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Source: Bliss & Associates. Cost of Employee Turnover. Jan 2012. http://www.isquare.com/turnover.cfm

Speaker Introduction

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Morgan HoogveltChief Talent Scout

Clear Channel Communications

Russ ResslhuberDirector of Product Management

Dovetail Software

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Pre-start Day Activities

1. Pick your Team§ Choosing Members§ Assigning Tasks

2. Engage Immediately§ Why timing is

important

3. Communicationa. What to sayb. Who should say it

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“Employees say one of the main reasons they stay is because they like the people they work with.”Greg Smith, Author and Management Consultant

Pre-start Day Activities

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1. Allocate Resources

“First and foremost in on-boarding is remembering the DETAIL. The experience of the new hire will directly correlate to the amount of time and effort

that is expended by the people who are in charge of the detail.”Barbara Brannen, HR Situation Specialist

Pre-start Day Activities

1. Set up New Hires for Success

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a. Introduction to Key Players

c. Setting Expectations

e. Discussing Process & Deliverables

Day 1 Activities

1. Meet the Family (Their Family)

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A new job is an adjustment for the

entire family especially if they’ve

relocated.

Day 1 Activities

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Ongoing Onboarding

1. Frequent Check-ins & Proactive Retention

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Pitfalls to Avoid

Lack of Communication

Being unprepared for new hire No security credentials, computer, etc.

Not providing new hire’s identity to team

Direct Supervisor out of the office

Too busy to spend time with new hire

Negativity in the office

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Improving your Process

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Identify & Address Weak Points in your Process

Improving your Process: Socialization

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Engage Immediately

Communication

Socialization

Social Community Software

Employee Networking

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Improving your Process: Socialization

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Improving your Process: Socialization

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Improving your Process: Socialization

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Improving your Process: Socialization

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Allocate Resources Provisioning

Definable Process

Rules

Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

Notification

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

Notification when

Events of interest occur

Desired/expected events do not occur

Deadlines are about be missed

Actionable information to the right people at

the right time

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

Notification

Compliance

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

Notification

Compliance

Integration

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation

Notification

Compliance

Integration

With other applications

With other parts of the organization

With partners

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Improving your Process: Workflow Automation Benefits

Agility contextual application behavior

Efficacy every task completed as required

Efficiency with maximum automation

Productivity increasing organizational capacity

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Improving your Process: Business Rules

Event-Based

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Improving your Process: Business Rules

Event-Based

Conditional

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Improving your Process: Business Rules

Event-Based

Conditional

Actionable

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Improving your Process: Business Rules

Event-Based

Conditional

Actionable

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Improving your Process: Ongoing Onboarding

Monthly Check-ins

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Improving your Process: Ongoing Onboarding

Monthly Check-ins

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Improving your Process: Ongoing Onboarding

Monthly Check-ins

Summary

Successful Onboarding not only impacts your new hires but your company’s bottom line

The Onboarding process is relatively simple – the execution of the details is what’s important

Onboarding is ongoing. It’s constantly nurturing your employees as they develop & grow

Technology can help you execute the details in an onboarding program flawlessly

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Questions?

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Next Steps

Visit our Resource Center: dovetailsoftware.com/resources

New Whitepaper: An HR Case Management System is Essential to Protecting your Organization’s Reputation and Bottom Line Released February 21st

Next Webinar: Identifying Employee Grievance Hotspots Topic: HR Metrics & Reporting Date: March 15, 12pm CT

Guest Speaker: Cathy Missildine-Martin

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