Onboarding is essential to get new employees up to speed quickly and make them feel welcome and comfortable with their tasks. And, yes, there are many things to prepare for the start of your new staff.
From getting contracts and documents signed, getting the schedule ready, giving access to all the systems you use, ordering possible uniforms to all the things that a new hire needs to learn. In this post, we have gathered some of the most important retail onboarding tips.
The retail industry has one of the highest employee turnover rates of all industries. Half the of the retail hourly workers leave within the first four months. Deloitte’s 2022 Retail Industry Outlook also shows that 70% of retail leaders have a shortage of employees and that this is one of their biggest challenges this year.
Because of this, it’s extremely important to ensure that new hires settle into their jobs quickly and make them want to stay. If employees feel well received, they are more likely to perform faster and stay longer in the workplace.
Luckily, there are things you can actively do to make them feel welcomed and wanting to stay. For example, by giving new hires a great onboarding. Through a structured onboarding you can:
When we at Learningbank talk to our customers in retail, we see that starting the onboarding process early – even before the first day of work – has many advantages. This is called a preboarding.
We recommend all companies to take the opportunity to create an early bond with their new employees and prepare them for their new roles properly.
Using a digital learning platform, you can automate the pre- and onboarding processes with ease. It will allow you to shorten administrative work at the same time as it enables your employees to access their onboarding and trainings whenever suits them the best.
Usually, your learning management system can be integrated with your other HR systems such as your communication platform or workforce management system. By using integrations, you let your systems speak with one another. This means that when adding your new employees to your HR system, they are automatically sent to your other systems as well.
Learningbank is a user-friendly Learning Lifecycle Platform that helps companies create engaging onboarding & training of employees that save time and improves workforce performance.
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