How to Customize Onboarding Experiences for New Hires
Leverage Behavioral Data to Personalize Onboarding
Onboarding plays a crucial role in setting new employees up for organizational success.
Leveraging insights from Pre-Employment assessments, like PXT Select, can allow HR and L&D teams to create tailored onboarding experiences that align with each new hire’s unique behavioral style.
The PXT Select assessment provides a well-rounded understanding of an employee’s cognitive abilities, behavioral traits, and interests.
Talent Acquisition teams use these areas to determine how well a candidate will fit a role based on the demands compared to a candidate’s behavioral and cognitive profile. This metric is calculable and shown as a percentage. However, this same metric can and should be used during onboarding regardless of whether a different team conducts the onboarding.
For example, if a new hire scores high on independence and lower on sociability, their onboarding experience might emphasize self-paced learning and individual tasks, allowing them to acclimate to the company culture comfortably and at their own pace.
Customizing onboarding based on behavioral styles fosters a strong sense of belonging and engagement from day one. Employees who feel that their onboarding experience is personalized are more likely to feel valued and supported, positively impacting retention rates.
Furthermore, tailoring onboarding activities to align with behavioral traits can enhance teamwork and collaboration. For instance, if a team includes diverse behavioral styles, the onboarding process can incorporate activities that build appreciation for each style, fostering better communication and collaboration among team members.
Customizing onboarding through PXT Select insights elevates the individual experience for new employees and contributes to a more cohesive and productive team dynamic. Organizations can ensure that new hires feel empowered and prepared to thrive by investing in personalized onboarding strategies.
Going From Onboarding to Coaching
Experienced managers and L&D professionals know that onboarding never really ends. Onboarding should slowly transform from an entry-level process to an ongoing journey incorporating coaching.
Pre-employment assessment data can continue to pay dividends as processes and job descriptions change, but our behavioral styles remain the same. Tools like PXT Select offer resources that managers can use to coach their direct reports to more success.
In addition, it can help managers recognize the ‘why’ someone might behave in a certain manner. Tools like Everything DiSC also work well in this area, but DiSC does not formally measure certain aspects of our identity, like cognitive abilities or interests.
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