New employee in time of epidemic: analysis

According to a survey conducted at the end of March 2020 by InsightOut Lab commissioned by NEXERA, about 63 percent of the surveyed employees admitted that they have the opportunity to work from home. This means that many companies continue to implement tasks and projects, while some take on new business challenges, often involving the employment of additional people. Some companies postpone recruitment for the next months, while others decide to seek talent remotely. Online recruitment is a challenge for companies, but it is even more difficult to effectively implement an employee via the Internet.

Meanwhile, the success of recruitment depends largely on the onboarding process. According to the statistics of O.C. Tanner every fifth job change decision is made within the first 45 days of the enterprise. The reason for many resignations is the mismatch of the candidate to the company, which is directly influenced by the poorly conducted acclimatization process or its complete lack.

According to Radosław Szafrański from the recruitment company Michael Page, there are five steps to effective online onboarding.

“You must organize workspace. In the first stage of employee implementation, prepare the necessary tools for the newly recruited person, e.g. laptop or business phone. You can deliver them by courier or suggest a 15-minute meeting in the office, during which you will pass all materials, maintaining safety standards. Make sure that the new employee has an e-mail account and transferred access to databases, disks, documents and contacts to people in the organization,” Szafrański stated.

He added that next step is to organize a virtual meeting where you introduce a new employee to the company or team. In addition, it is worth assigning an employee a mentor who will support his first steps in the new organization. Then you should plan online training.

“For new people, working from home can be a difficult experience, especially if they do not know the clients, organizations or are just learning new skills. It is important to provide them with adequate support and to best prepare them for their new role,” he stressed.

In his opinion the final steps are to take care of the atmosphere and to plan the work.

(WBJ)