Onboarding is a term used to describe helping individuals understand their new role and requirements. It also helps them integrate with the rest of the business.
Purpose of onboarding
The purpose of having an onboarding process is to ensure that new employees are comfortable and feel welcome within their new role and the company. The smoother the onboarding process is for the new employee, the greater the chances they will become an effective, long-term contributor to the company.
Why is onboarding important
Onboarding is important because it allows for new employees to adapt to their new role, the company’s policies, and what the company has to offer.
An onboarding process is key to achieving:
- Retention
- Engagement
- Loyalty
Onboarding activities
An onboarding process includes of multiple different activities and processes, the most common include:
- Job offer
- Salary negotiation
- New hire paperwork
- Policy and culture training
- Job training
- Employee handbook training
- Contracts and policy signing
- Team introductions
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.
