Companies tend to invest a lot of resources in hiring employees. Too often, though, the onboarding process for new hires doesn’t reflect that investment – and poor onboarding can lead to the time and money that was spent on recruiting being squandered. For instance, respondents in one survey said that they had quit a job within six months of starting. Of those, many cited as reasons for leaving things like not having clear guidelines, ineffective training and lack of connection with coworkers – all things that could have been addressed with a robust onboarding program.

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