Human ressource Onboarding experience media

20/05/2026

Ashby absorbs onboarding into the ATS: what People Workflows means for your HRIS roadmap

Learn how Ashby People Workflows turns the ATS into the orchestration layer for recruiting and onboarding, what early adopters report on efficiency gains, and how HRIS leaders should weigh consolidation versus best-of-breed onboarding tools.

BLS April surprise: 115,000 jobs beat forecasts by 2x, and only 12% of employers onboard well enough to keep them

20/05/2026

BLS April surprise: 115,000 jobs beat forecasts by 2x, and only 12% of employers onboard well enough to keep them

The AI enthusiasm gap that should worry every CHRO deploying onboarding tech

Feedback Mechanisms

18/05/2026

The AI enthusiasm gap that should worry every CHRO deploying onboarding tech

Gallup 2026: manager engagement crashed to 22%, and your onboarding outcomes are the collateral damage

Regular Check-ins

18/05/2026

Gallup 2026: manager engagement crashed to 22%, and your onboarding outcomes are the collateral damage

First week that actually lands: the signal management rituals that separate good onboarding from good intentions

Regular Check-ins

Customizing Onboarding for Roles

15/05/2026

First week that actually lands: the signal management rituals that separate good onboarding from good intentions

Spotlight

Summer interns as a 10-week test of your onboarding program: the conversion playbook

11/05/2026

Summer interns as a 10-week test of your onboarding program: the conversion playbook

Learn how to design a ten-week summer internship onboarding program that boosts intern-to-offer conversion, accelerates time to productivity, and improves year-one retention with clear metrics, role-based plans, and a structured calendar.

Buy, build, or bolt-on: the onboarding stack decision HRIS leads are about to face in 2026

Onboarding Software

Pre-boarding Communication

14/05/2026

Buy, build, or bolt-on: the onboarding stack decision HRIS leads are about to face in 2026

Learn how to choose the right onboarding tech stack—suite, hybrid, or custom build—using an 18‑month decision framework, vendor comparison table, and data backed economics on time to productivity, retention, and total cost of ownership.

Pre-boarding at scale: standardizing the 14 days from offer to badge when you hire 200 people a quarter

12/05/2026

Pre-boarding at scale: standardizing the 14 days from offer to badge when you hire 200 people a quarter

Learn how to scale pre-boarding in large organisations with clear governance, a -14 to day 0 timeline, automation guidelines, and CHRO-ready dashboards that cut no-shows and speed up onboarding.

Pre-boarding checklist with teeth: the 22 items to automate before offer-letter euphoria fades

Onboarding Checklists

New-grad 2026 cohorts: designing an integration program that converts offer acceptance into 90-day retention

08/05/2026

Pre-boarding checklist with teeth: the 22 items to automate before offer-letter euphoria fades

Discover a 22‑item preboarding checklist that turns the gap between offer and day one into a retention engine, with clear owners, triggers, and escalation paths that cut no‑shows and improve 90‑day retention.

07/05/2026

New-grad 2026 cohorts: designing an integration program that converts offer acceptance into 90-day retention

Learn how to design a dedicated new grad onboarding program with three core tracks, clear roles, and a 30-60-90 framework that improves time to productivity, retention, and conversion from graduate programs to full-time hires.

Onboarding ROI that survives a CFO review: the four metrics to stop using and the three that earn a seat at budget

Onboarding Program Evaluation

Onboarding Program Evaluation

07/05/2026

Onboarding ROI that survives a CFO review: the four metrics to stop using and the three that earn a seat at budget

Turn feel-good onboarding into EBITDA-relevant ROI. Learn which onboarding metrics CFOs ignore, how to model time-to-productivity, retention and manager capacity, and how to build a board-ready onboarding ROI dashboard.

The 30-60-90 day check-in script we stole from an engineering VP (and the three questions nobody asks)

Learn how to turn 30-60-90 day check-ins from polite status theatre into a data-rich onboarding ramp tool, with concrete questions, scripts, and metrics that improve ramp time and first-90-days retention.

Remote employee onboarding KPIs: measuring engagement without relying on post-week-one surveys

13/05/2026

Remote employee onboarding KPIs: measuring engagement without relying on post-week-one surveys

Learn which remote onboarding KPIs actually predict retention, how to instrument them without new tools, and how to report a behavioural index to your CHRO using real benchmarks and research-backed metrics.

Remote employee onboarding that closes the satisfaction gap: the asynchronous-first cohort model

Virtual Onboarding

04/05/2026

Remote employee onboarding that closes the satisfaction gap: the asynchronous-first cohort model

A practical async first framework for remote employee onboarding, with cohort design, artefacts, KPIs, and templates senior people leaders can apply immediately.

by Isabella Martinez

March 2026 hiring surge: three onboarding capacity levers CHROs must put on the comex agenda this week

Customizing Onboarding for Roles

28/04/2026

March 2026 hiring surge: three onboarding capacity levers CHROs must put on the comex agenda this week

Learn how to protect onboarding quality during a hiring surge with cohort-based intake, realistic manager capacity planning, and clear KPIs for time to productivity and 90-day retention, using SHRM and Brandon Hall benchmarks.

by Priyanka Kapoor

Your managers are the bottleneck: making first-line managers the primary unit of onboarding

Customizing Onboarding for Roles

03/05/2026

Your managers are the bottleneck: making first-line managers the primary unit of onboarding

Why manager enablement onboarding must replace cohort centric models, with a concrete stack, metrics, and budget shifts to improve ramp time and retention.

by Priyanka Kapoor

Agentic AI on the onboarding path: why SHRM is telling TA leaders to hire for critical thinking, not prompts

Learning Management Systems

27/04/2026

Agentic AI on the onboarding path: why SHRM is telling TA leaders to hire for critical thinking, not prompts

Explore how agentic AI is reshaping HR onboarding, from automated 30-60-90 day plans to new manager review skills, while maintaining human judgement, employee trust, and rigorous oversight.

Onboarding software comparison 2026: what Workday, BambooHR, Enboarder and Sana actually ship for new hires

In-depth onboarding software comparison for HR leaders, covering Workday, Sana, BambooHR and Enboarder, hidden costs, AI claims, implementation timelines and how to design onboarding workflows that improve time to productivity and employee experience.

Workday buys Sana: what the agentic AI bet does to your LMS and onboarding RFP

22/04/2026

Workday buys Sana: what the agentic AI bet does to your LMS and onboarding RFP

Learn how the Workday Sana acquisition reshapes onboarding, Workday Learning, and LMS strategy, with quantitative signals, risk considerations, and questions HR leaders should ask now.

Onboarding Program Evaluation

The 2026 onboarding benchmarks that actually move a comex, and the ones to stop citing

21/04/2026

The 2026 onboarding benchmarks that actually move a comex, and the ones to stop citing

Learn how to turn onboarding benchmarks 2026 into CFO-ready metrics. Use credible statistics, named cohorts, and clear KPIs like 90-day retention, time to productivity, ramp cost per hire, and new-hire CSAT to prove onboarding ROI.

by Priyanka Kapoor

SHRM Talent 2026: four onboarding sessions CHROs should raid before leaving Dallas

20/04/2026

SHRM Talent 2026: four onboarding sessions CHROs should raid before leaving Dallas

Learn how SHRM Talent main stage insights, AI demos from Workday and EMP Trust HR, and research from SHRM, Gallup and Josh Bersin can turn your onboarding into a 90-day business case that improves time to productivity and early retention.

Pre-boarding Communication

Pre-boarding that moves 90-day retention: the 14-day playbook from offer signature to day one

23/04/2026

Pre-boarding that moves 90-day retention: the 14-day playbook from offer signature to day one

Strategic pre-boarding playbook for people leaders: 14 day timeline, key communications, KPIs and ownership to reduce anxiety, boost retention and speed ramp.

Employee onboarding best practices that actually survive month two: an operator's checklist

04/05/2026

Employee onboarding best practices that actually survive month two: an operator's checklist

A retention focused guide to employee onboarding best practices that still work on day 45, with role clarity templates, manager rituals and metrics to track.

by Rémy Dubois

30 60 90 day plan template: build a role-based version that survives beyond week 2