At the manager and organizational level, a lot of time and effort is spent to successfully onboard an employee and make sure they are set up for success. There is a lot of focus and effort on the employee onboarding process, but an often overlooked and vital step to employee retention is the inboarding process. What is […]
Month: May 2022
Communication Tips for New Hire Surveys
When your company commits to having a successful new hire onboarding survey project, you need to commit to having a strong internal communication plan around the ongoing survey. When running a new hire survey, you want to be able to hear as many voices as possible and communication is key to getting as many people […]
Learning Something New About Your New Hire
New employee onboarding can be overwhelming. There are a number of items you need to “check” off the list to ensure you set up your new employee for success. One item, sometimes easily forgotten, is making the effort to learn about who your employee is. Sure, you spent time vetting their skills and qualifications, feeling […]
3 Steps to Find and Keep Your Best Drivers
Greater Driver Retention Statistics from stay and exit interviews reveal compelling themes about what might make professional drivers stay: 68% of current drivers get feedback from their manager 80% of highly engaged drivers feel their suggestions for changes are given consideration And, what might make them leave: 94% of disengaged drivers don’t believe their supervisor […]
Using New Hire Check-Ins to Improve Early Turnover
First impressions are important since they are impossible to reverse and set the tone for everything that follows. The first few months on the job for a new employee are typically the most difficult. New hires are unfamiliar with their environment, hesitant to ask questions, and looking to make a good impression with both management […]
7 Interviewing Tips to Improve Cultural Fit
Today I searched #culture on LinkedIn, and there were over 450 results posted in the last 24 hours. This is not at all surprising; it’s a hot topic right now, and for good reason. In an Employer Branding Study published in July 2020 by Hinge Research Institute, 57% of job seekers across career levels consider […]
Baby Boomers and the Nursing Shortage
Baby Boomers and the Nursing Shortage The nursing shortage in the U.S. has been at a near-crisis stage for several years. The largest portion of the healthcare workforce are America’s 3 million nurses, and nursing as a profession is one of the fastest-growing careers in the nation. Yet the supply of nurses cannot keep up […]
How to Retain Nurses – Nurse and Nursing Retention
The demand for nurses is rising every year. The American Nurses Association estimates that by 2022, there will be a need for 3.44 million nurses. To put that number in perspective, an additional 1.13 million nurses will be required in less than 10 years. Unfortunately, while healthcare organizations need to hire more nurses to meet […]
How New Hire Check Ins & Employee Check Ins Reduce Turnover
I don’t include the second “real job” I had on my resume. I’d worked there for five days when I turned in my resignation. I couldn’t wait to get out the door. Since then I’ve spent more than 10 years working in the world of talent management and human resources. I now understand that I […]
Employee Engagement in Healthcare
Why Employee Engagement Matters – Particularly in Healthcare Employee engagement seems to be the latest buzzword in healthcare and beyond. Many have jumped on the bandwagon, claiming that an engaged workforce is the silver bullet to achieving optimal employee performance, superior quality patient care, and increased revenue. But, what is engagement really and why should […]
