Onboarding is defined as the process of familiarising a new employee with the business. Onboarding begins from the moment an offer is made to the new recruit until the time the employee becomes a productive member of the organisation
Specifically, it involves getting the employee to complete the necessary paperwork for and equipping them with all the tools they need to do their job well. During onboarding, employees learn what the organisation expects from them in terms of skills, communication, and attitude.
Importance of onboarding
Onboarding is important because it allows for employees to adapt to their new role, the company’s policies, and what the company has to offer. It also engages employees, creating workers that are committed to the company’s success and helps retain new hires by making them feel like a member of the team from the very first day..
Not having the right onboarding process increases employee turnover and loss of productivity. This decreased employee engagement costs companies large sums of money every year.
Onboarding process
To get the onboarding process right, you need to deliver a superior onboarding experience. Creating an onboarding checklist to ensure the new employee has received all the correct important to start their jobs is a necessity. Below is an example of what an onboarding checklist may look like:
Pre Onboarding
- Create employee profile on onboarding software
- Confirm offer letter has been accepted
- Complete background check
- Send across important documents
Onboarding – Day 1
- Complete all relevant paperwork and policies
- Inform about company benefits, culture, policies, and practises
- Start induction process
- Introduce to other team members
Onboarding – Week 1
- Follow up any questions the employee may have
How can Wise help
Wise provides innovative technology to companies that use drivers in their day to day operations – to save time, money and grow their business.
Through Wise’s onboarding technology, businesses are able to streamline their workforce and get their drivers out on the road as fast as possible.
The Wise Platform enables businesses to onboard drivers in as little as 10 minutes, through:
- Unlimited document storage – Each document and policy drivers have submitted and signed through their Wise drivers app is stored indefinitely on the Wise Platform, to be accessed whenever needed in instances such as requests from carriers or HMRC.
- Bespoke onboarding – We can customise your user onboarding journeys based on specific requirements your business needs for new recruits, such as defining steps, tasks and documents.
- Set jobs roles and employment journeys – Nearly all business consist of more than one role, whether you work with self-employed or employed drivers, Wise can collect specific evidence specifically for that role
We also have a mobile driver app, where drivers are able to submit and sign documents, policies and contracts digitally – no matter where they are!
We’re here to simplify the onboarding and driver management process. If you’re looking for more information, contact us here.
