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My first date with my company – or – how onboarding looks from a freshman’s eye According to LinkedIn, one in three employees decide to quit their job within the first 6 months(!) I’ve been managing people for over 20 years and I’ve spent a long time trying to crack the code of successful onboarding. It was only recently, when I started working for a new company, that my eyes were opened – I actually felt what it’s like to be a new employee. The lessons I’ve learned surprised me so much. So, I took it upon myself to build an onboarding plan addressing exactly what a new employee needs. We started to run this program in Taboola and I’m happy to say it gets great feedback. In this blog post, I’ll shed some light on the psychology of a new employee, give practical ways to deal with it […]
Every candidate we recruit goes through a long process of evaluation. Near the end of the process, after we decided they fit our culture and have the skills we need, we have a reference check. Sometimes we take it as a formal phase in the process just to make sure they’re not a serial killer. Actually a reference check is one of the more important stages in the process, let me explain why. Think for a second of a recruiter that is going to recruit someone who worked with you. You know more about this person than any process. If they could peek inside your head – they will get all the knowledge they need – much more knowledge than they got from their process. Now, while you’re still in the place of the referee, think about how will you actually answer to a reference check. Most of the time, […]