The integration of new employees

According to the Society for Human Resources Development (SHRM), the integration of new employees is the process by which new employees adapt to the social and performantial aspects of the new job in an easy and natural way and acquire knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors appropriate for the actual activity within the company ”.

In short, the integration of new employees is the process by which the company ensures that newcomers start their activity "the right way".

Www.sapling.com cites a study by Glassdoor that shows that a properly implemented new employee integration process improves their retention by 82% and productivity by 70%.

The same source mentions, referring to a study conducted by Gallup, that only 12% of the company's employees consider that they pay attention to the integration process of new employees, while 88% of them consider that there is enough room to improve this process.

The integration of the new employee has beneficial effects, not only in the employee's performance, but also in the organization's performance. According to www.panopto.com, the integration of new employees through video has an impact in reducing training costs and keeping new colleagues involved in training and development activities.

Although the process of integrating new employees takes place after the recruitment and selection processes, it strongly impacts the two - given that only 1 in 5 employees who have benefited from poor integration or have not gone through this process, are willing to recommend other people for other vacancies in the company.

The continuous development of the process of integration of new employees thus becomes a mandatory step for the performance of the organization.