Effective, consistent and disciplined onboarding is critical for a security business’ hiring process and employee retention. You invest a great deal of management time and money to attract, recruit, interview, test and hire the right candidate; and once you do, you need to make sure you can put your new hire on a path to success.
While most companies view onboarding as company orientation and HR paperwork, it should be much more and much longer than a week or two. In fact, a strong onboarding process can make a difference if a candidate is deciding between competitive job offers. Effective onboarding can have a dramatic effect on job performance, employee engagement, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and retention. Recent evidence also suggests that a poor organizational socialization process can result in high turnover in a very short period.