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How can I improve my hiring and onboarding practices?

People & Team questions

Hiring is an expensive process, made even more costly if new members of staff don't settle and leave after a relatively short period of time. Taking some time to improve and add to the way your business recruits and then looks to onboard staff at all levels will not only help you find better people faster but also ensure their ability to contribute in a meaningful way is brought forward.

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Action plan

Improve your hiring and onboarding

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Finding the right people to hire, and then getting them contributing in a meaningful way quickly, is a vitally important job for a business of any size.

ACTION PLANS are a structured list of steps designed to help you approach tackling a particular business challenge.

We explain why each step is important
Customise by setting your own completion dates and assign tasks
Helpful tools are provided for certain steps
A downloadable PDF version of each action plan is available

Action plan

Introducing an incentive scheme

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It's the carrot and stick scenario – even the most engaged need an occasional nudge towards desired behaviour, attitude and action. While small businesses don't have the bottomless pockets some big corporates have, incentive schemes can be drawn up on a budget and actually take advantage of the smaller set up. However, it's important to put the work in at the beginning so that incentivised actions align with what your business is looking to achieve in the long term.

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Turn your staff into brand advocates

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We live in a world of reviews, whether its for a restaurant or that new product you're thinking of buying. Your employees are often the most impactful and genuine advocates your business can have – whether its in attracting new members to the team or encouraging consumers to start buying your products and services. Introduce some structure and guidance so being an effective advocate is easy.

Guide

An introduction to improving hiring and onboarding practices

Businesses need strong hiring and onboarding practices to attract and retain talent that’s moving around more than ever.

GUIDES break a challenge down, providing important context and real-world experiences.

Based on SME experiences, not corporate jargon
Filled with real-world stories
Achievable steps every business can take

Other support that’s available

Top tips to improve your onboarding process

Top tips to improve your onboarding process

Having a strong and efficient onboarding process can make the world of difference to your retention efforts. CV-Library also believes it can help your new hires to settle into what could be a long and successful career at the company.

Find out why a little science improves recruitment

Find out why a little science improves recruitment

Your preferred style of interview might be down to personal preference, tradition, familiarity or time in your schedule. Does it help you make the best hires?

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Wilderness Scotland hiring and onboarding

Real business story

Bringing the best people onboard

Success for any business depends a lot upon the strength of its employees, so hiring the right people at the right time is essential.

Real business story

Brand advocacy is built on a personal connection with the business

Successful companies know that an effective brand puts you head and shoulders above the competition. And, there’s no better advocates for your brand than those who live and breathe it every day – your employees.

Real business story

Base your health and wellbeing strategy on people, not theories

Poor mental health and stress are two of the top causes of long-term absence. Having a health and wellbeing strategy in place is one step towards supporting your employees and creating a motivated and productive workforce.

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Digital

How can I improve the digital presence my business has? How should I go about collecting data to improve my business? How should I use the data I have to improve decision making? How can I streamline and automate some of our business processes? How do I work out the best digital sales channels to use? How do I assess and choose the right technology to improve business operations? How do I effectively seek external digital support? How can I understand what digital tools or support my business needs? How do I know if my technology is robust enough for growth? How should I best budget and plan for new technology investments?

Leadership & Strategy

How do I learn to become a better leader? How do I improve the communication in my business? How do I get staff interested in our vision and values? How can I reflect on my own strengths and weaknesses as a leader? How do I give my team autonomy and get better at delegating? As a leader, how do I learn to trust others within my organisation? How do I apply learnings from other businesses to my own company? How should my role as a business leader evolve with the company’s growth? How can I balance short-term needs with long-term targets? How do I get better at noticing and reacting to warning signs?

People & Team

How can I improve my hiring and onboarding practices? How can I develop the skillsets of my workforce? How can I develop career paths for my staff? How can I run a better appraisals process? How should I performance manage my staff? How do I deal with a challenging member of staff? How can I increase staff engagement and motivation? How can I keep my best members of staff? How do I manage an effective remote workforce? How can I reduce employee turnover?

Planning

How do I better inform my business plans? How do I know when to scale up my business? How can I define and communicate my vision for success? How do I ensure my business can navigate a dip in trading? How do I know when to invest in my business? How can I get better at looking internally at my business? How can I get staff interested in the financial situation? How can I make my business more resilient to change? How can I balance ambition with setting realistic goals? How can I work out what required skillsets are missing in the business?

Sales & Growth

How can we develop new products and services? How do I develop a clear unique selling point? How can we better serve our most loyal customers? How do I financially plan for new opportunities? How do I build a network to support my business? How can I get a better return on investment from my marketing? How can I identify new customers to target? How do I create targets and KPIs for my staff? How do I make sure my team and processes are ready for growth? How do I benchmark my business against competitors?