How to Make Onboarding Easier and More Effective

By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 

Get new hires up and running faster by leveraging engaging technology like advanced presentation software 

An onboarding process, second only to recruitment, is the most crucial part of integrating new hires into your company. Unfortunately, onboarding is often seen as an afterthought with very little business impact. Onboarding training and orientation sessions can be tedious with all the form-filling, SOPs and company policies that come with a new job, and the last thing a company wants is for new hires to become disengaged before they even start! 

According to Jobvite’s 2019 Job Seeker Nation Survey, about one third of new hires quit within 90 days of starting their new job. This makes the first days for a new employee pivotal in their decision to stay with the company long-term. Making onboarding engaging and interactive is an excellent way to optimize your onboarding process and push your company out of the re-hiring and re-training loop. 

So how do you revolutionize your onboarding process? Advanced presentation software can help. 

The importance of an effective onboarding solution 

Onboarding not only shows new hires the importance of their job, but it also gives them a taste of the business's processes and systems, company culture and how things are managed internally. The attention that a company pays to training and onboarding their new employees speaks volumes to the level of efficiency and organization of a company. You may be surprised to learn that data from the consulting firm BCG reveals that a well-executed, efficient onboarding process can nearly double corporate revenue growth and profit margins. 

Good presentation software can make a world of difference when it comes to hiring and retaining staff. You can start building an onboarding process that fosters employee excitement and engagement by replacing PDFs and word documents with interactive online presentations. From embedded compelling recruitment videos to interactive training modules that are actually engaging, presentation software is a must-have tool for improving every aspect of your employee’s experience. 

Far from a single-use technology, you can use Ingage’s platform to train employees and present to customers. Onboarding your employees with the tech they will use in the future makes them comfortable with the platform and its affordances, enabling them to create compelling productions for clients. With interactive content, sales reps can engage the customers deeper and invest in the conversation.  The versatility of advanced presentation software makes it a must- have tool for every company, with use throughout an employee's career at your company. 

Keep new hires engaged throughout online training 

With more and more training processes taking place entirely online, you need to make your presentations as engaging as possible. Integrating software like Ingage into your onboarding training procedures can be hugely beneficial. This next-level presentation software has the technology to make it easy to gamify your onboarding process and make it interactive, keeping your new hires connected with the material. 

Interactive features like embedded videos, dynamic click-away tabs and more transform your slideshow into a powerful and engaging tool that thwart the challenges brought about by training from home. This high level of interactivity also ensures that your employees are actually paying attention to online training, eliminating the possibility of new hires shutting off or coasting through virtual training sessions. 

Engaging your new hires with a high-powered visual experience helps them better absorb and retain information. Far from the boring presentations of traditional onboarding sessions, advanced presentation software motivates and empowers your employees to keep learning about their new jobs. 

Ingage features ready-made presentation samples, so that you and your team can create effective onboarding presentations quickly. Ready-made samples can save your company valuable time and resources while delivering a professional and effective onboarding process. 

Continually improving your onboarding process 

One of the best ways to continually improve your onboarding program is by making data-driven adjustments to improve success. Software like Ingage collects analytic data along several metrics, offering the ability to monitor performance and understand the success of presentations. With information on new hires’ click rates or duration spent on certain slides, you can easily see what pulls attention and works. 

Quantifying onboarding success with data makes it easy to maximize your onboarding process for future new hires. You can even learn what to remove in your onboarding process to make it go smoother. Further, with Ingage’s highly customizable platform you can adjust the sections of your presentation in real-time so you can zero in on areas that need more focus and dedication during sessions. 

These analytics can paint a picture of all individual employees' strengths and weaknesses, allowing managers to customize training for individual employees. Managers can compare data with the company’s top performers and give a level of individualized training that usually comes with one-on-one training. With these analytics you can show your employees that you care about their professional development and help them become successful. 

Additionally, using cloud-based software like Ingage allows you to create, share and update files and presentations, ensuring everyone has access to the latest information and training. With Ingage, you can store all of your sales training materials on the platform for employees to access at any given time. 

Conclusion 

Onboarding new hires in the digital world we live in is so much more than getting people to “sign-up,” it is about WOW-ing your employees and providing them with the support and information they need to be productive as soon as possible. Using advanced presentation software like Ingage optimizes the way you onboard new members to your team. 

Technology makes it easier than ever to build a training process that you can count on to always be up to date and effective. Intuitive software like Ingage can revolutionize your onboarding and training. Onboarding used to take endless amounts of resources and time, but now, with a repeatable process and the right technology, your employees can onboard themselves virtually and efficiently learn the ins and outs of their new job. 

With the right set of tools and data, you can build a powerful and efficient onboarding process that increases the chances of new hires staying with your company and empowers them to perform well throughout their time working with you. 

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