Onboarding Millennials
There is one difference with millennials than older generations: Millennials know what technology is capable of. Millennials are less accepting of outdated practices that could be improved.
Millennials are not the only ones who want a fluid onboarding process facilitated by technology. Everyone wants a smooth onboarding process facilitated by technology.
Here are some ways to make your onboarding process better for everyone and spare you from millennial-eyerolls!
Cut out all the red tape from your onboarding process
How many steps of approval does an offer take before it is sent to the candidate? A fast moving onboarding process resonates with all candidates. Millennials are not the only ones who enjoy receiving an offer shortly after hearing of their acceptance. Get your job offer to millennial candidates fast. Chances are, they applied for six other jobs on LinkedIn the same day as yours. Be first off the line with your offer and beat the competition.
Keep the onboarding process consistent
Do you email forms to a candidate, have them print them out and mail them back to you, just so you can enter them back into the computer?
You know this process is broken and full of holes. Millennials know this process is broken and full of holes too.
Your onboarding process should now be digital and data entry free. Printing forms is an inconvenience, paperwork gets lost, and re-entering data is redundant. Everyone knows this type of onboarding process is a waste of time. Millennials are willing to admit it. Millennials will see the holes in your process and are happy to point them out. They know technology exists that can fix the problems you have with onboarding, and will wonder why you have not fixed them already.
Use the latest onboarding practices
Using paper, getting bogged down in layers of approval, waiting for forms to be sent in the mail are outdated practices.
There is no magic bullet. There is no need to guide or coddle a millennial new hire any more than older new hires. Updating your onboarding process will appeal to more than millennials - it will appeal to everyone The latest processes, technology, and candidate experiences will improve the onboarding experience for all new employees.
Consider millennials as the new employees that will hold you accountable to best practice hiring. Their feedback will help you improve your onboarding process for all generations.
You can get the jump on millennials with their snarky feedback and eyerolls, by checking out digital processes. You know their first response will be, “like, isn’t there an app for this by now?” anyway.
Build amazing employee journeys
Employee onboarding software to help you create amazing employee journeys for new starters, transitioning employees and leavers.
We can help you with this. Please give us a call on 07740 841214 or email our Managing Director, Jayne Morgan, at Jayne.morgan@justglobalhr.com for further advice and information.