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“#Companies are getting creative onboarding new hires working from home<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n If you think that starting a job is stressful, imagine being responsible for onboarding a group of new hires just days after the COVID-19 shutdown began.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had 19 people scheduled to start, and four business days to turn a five-day orientation into a virtual experience,\u201d said Mackenzie Egan, a talent-development specialist at Holmdel, NJ-based hiring platform iCIMS. Not only that, but she also had to ensure that their computers were loaded with all of the right software, tools and credentials and delivered to their homes prior to their first day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little nervous about pulling it off,\u201d said Egan.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s no wonder, because the stakes are high. According to Jobvite\u2019s 2019 Job Seeker Nation survey, almost one-third of workers quit their jobs within the first 90 days. That translates into thousands of lost recruiting dollars. But, according to human resources consultant and speaker Laurie Ruettimann, \u201conboarding helps workers attach to the organization and to fall in love with the culture, so that down the road when [the employer asks] for a little extra, they say yes and don\u2019t quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of the reasons that, before COVID, iCIMS flew in new associates from all over the world. \u201cThis is when they learn about our core values \u2014 accountability, adaptability, customer commitment, drive, empathy, kaizen, passion and transparency,\u201d Egan said.<\/p>\n

Whether that mesh could occur with new employees sitting at a kitchen table instead of a conference room, no one knew. Egan spent more than one late night making sure that the new virtual format was engaging, relayed the same information and was fun.<\/p>\n

Her efforts were worthwhile, according to Adam Koster, iCIMS\u2019 incoming senior manager of marketing technology<\/a> who joined the company in mid-March. \u201cAt first I was disapp<\/a>ointed that I wasn\u2019t going to have a chance to meet everyone and start building relationships in person,\u201d he said. But between presentations made by company leaders on Zoom, functional training and opportunities to social<\/a>ize with his onboarding cohort and bond, Koster gives Egan high marks.<\/p>\n

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Mackenzie Egan (right) was tasked with creating a virtual experience to smoothly welcome the new hires<\/span>Courtesy of iCIMS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He is especially keen on the game<\/a>s that they played. There was a virtual show and tell where participants were asked to present an object that revealed something about them. \u201cIt was like being in kindergarten again,\u201d laughed Koster, who showed his \u201cclassmates\u201d a note that his youngest son had left on his pillow. \u201cGood luck on your first day at your new job, Dad,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Consequently, \u201conboarding was welcoming, informative and a blast,\u201d Koster said.<\/p>\n

Chelsea Lee, a people-development manager at Cockroach Labs, worried that the incoming class of Roachers (a nickname for the company\u2019s employees) might have a \u201chorrible experience\u201d onboarding virtually. Peter Guagenti, Cockroach Labs\u2019 incoming chief marketing officer, was supposed to fly in from San Francisco, but COVID-19 took that off the table. \u201cI was really looking forward to meeting the team,\u201d he said. The box of company swag \u2014 a T-shirt, stickers, a water bottle and a coffee cup \u2014 provided some comfort. Guagenti used them to decorate his home office.<\/p>\n

Members of Cockroach Labs\u2019 executive team, like vice president of product marketing Jim Walker, signed on to Google Meet to talk about the company. He gave a one-hour talk about the market the company is in and the great opportunity that was ahead of them all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time we\u2019ve done onboarding during a global pandemic,\u201d said Walker, noting that there may be advantages in doing it this way. \u201cI really thought it was going to be a struggle, but everyone was engaged. There were fewer distractions. I walked away happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guagenti agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s better than being trapped in one room,\u201d he said, adding that there was time in his schedule to check in on his daughter\u2019s schoolwork. There was also an activity, \u201cdoughnut pairings,\u201d that Lee had arranged where two or more new hires are assigned to a virtual breakout room just to chat.<\/p>\n

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Niki Simonutti of Iterable<\/span>Courtesy of Niki Simonutti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe got to know each other as people \u2014 people whose spouses might have recently lost their jobs or their child care. I got to know my cohort pretty well, and this time we spent together will bind us,\u201d he said. And instead of bonding over lunch in New York, Lee sent each of them a treat from Milk Bar.<\/p>\n

At Iterable, a growth-marketing platform with locations in Denver, New York, San Francisco and London, Brooklynite Niki Simonutti helped onboard a new employee during the height of the pandemic. Along with the onboarding package (socks, notebooks, stickers) came a stipend for setting up a home workspace. Not only that, but the newcomers also received welcome messages from current employees via Slack.<\/p>\n

On Day 1, the group was tasked with finding a creative commonality. \u201cIt had to be something specific,\u201d said Simonutti, so an answer like, \u201cWe all work at Iterable,\u201d wouldn\u2019t do, whereas, \u201cWe all had a teacher named Ms. Johnson,\u201d would. In addition, Yvette Ankunda, an HR general<\/a>ist at the company, created a game called \u201cIterable Jeopardy,\u201d which not only resembles the show but also uses the same music.<\/p>\n

Both onboarding leaders and participants were happy with the experience, yet most are eager to get to the physical workplace. Koster was excited when he found iCIMS\u2019 seating chart online. \u201cI just found out where I\u2019ll sit,\u201d he said. For Guagenti it is all about getting face-to-face for coffee or a drink. \u201cThat\u2019s where you develop trust,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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