Work from home model continues to grow as more and more organizations have experienced its plethora advantages for both employees and management. As per a study conducted by Mercer in May 2021, over 70% of enterprises have planned to adopt hybrid working solution even post-Covid. Established brands like Slack and Twitter this year have already announced to go for permanent work from home while Salesforce, Adobe, and Spotify have already adopted hybrid working model.  

Employees are happier and companies are enjoying better efficiency and productivity. However, when it comes to remote hiring and onboarding new folks, work-from-home setup can be a big challenge. Warning alert: according to SHRM, in the first 18 months of placement, employee turnover can be as much as 50% if onboarding doesn’t go right. 

Onboarding plays a significant role in enhancing employer brand and employee engagement for the long haul. Therefore, SHRMpro brings you secret mantras, helping you to onboard like a superhero even remotely:  

Guard your onboarding manager with necessary tools.  

Always be ready in prior to welcome the new joinee as it will lead to successful integration between company and their role. As your onboarding manager is working remotely and doesn’t have access to necessary resources like system or workspace, as a company you must consider him providing Wi-Fi, security guidelines, licensed company software, quality webcam and video calling systems, user logins and company access, and VPN needs. 

Provide your HR reps with in-depth virtual learning guides or sessions 

The impromptu remote working demanded every worker to upgrade its digital skills significantly which was indeed challenging. To conduct a professional and seamless onboarding process, provide your managers with remote working training sessions, new software manual guides, employee handbooks, and soft copy of procedure packets. Also, make sure to avail all these onboarding material at such a place where your employees can access easily.  

Give your new joinee a virtual tour. 

Unlike a bygone normal working day, you would take the new recruit to each department and introduce him/her to every team in the organization; remote working gives you limited ground to onboard. Despite the WFH limitation, introductions are very important to improve coordination and relationship among new and existing employees. Set up induction conference calls, including leaders and teams. You can also send a virtual organizational chart showing different departments, their managers, number of workers under each team, founders and co-founders, directors, and so on.  

Remote onboarding has its own challenges; some we know and some are being unveiled as we practice more.  But, with the rising challenges, companies and HR reps are brainstorming to find out the opportunities and ways to manage complex recruitment and onboarding process smartly.  by SHRMpro solves all your HR problems under one platform. Whether you want to hire remotely in the market crisis, manage existing employees, or onboard new joiners without meeting them in person, SHRMpro HRMS  is all your go-to HR solution.