Onboarding Tip #1 for Seasonal Hires - Training Starts Before Onboarding

As we approach the months when businesses ramp up staffing for the summer, we turned to our experienced online training clients for their most valuable onboarding tips. Our clients included a professional sports team, an amusement park, restaurant industry, and warehouse/manufacturing. 

As the country opens up from the pandemic, online training is still the preferred method for many organizations who aren’t holding large in-person training sessions at this time. Online recruitment and onboarding are today’s solutions for your seasonal workforce.

Effective staff training starts prior to onboarding, prior to hiring even, with pre-assessments during the recruitment stage. Depending on the position you are hiring for, you might assess personality, specific skills, EI (emotional intelligence), integrity, or even custom assessments on job knowledge. Because the cost of hiring the wrong individual is high, online pre-assessments during the recruitment stage are not only indicators of success – they help the bottom line.

Pre-assessments also provide a great start for the actual interview process. For example, a personality assessment that measures behavior indicators will allow you to ask more meaningful interview questions. Focus on desirable characteristics needed for your job opening such as ambition, empathy, or communication skills. Or, by giving a preassessment skills test, you can impact your company’s turnover rate because your new hire will have demonstrated they know how to apply the knowledge required for the position.

Even for seasonal employees, the search for your next “great fit” team member and potential top performer should start well before an actual job offer is even made…and that process begins online.  

Trust the advice of experienced teams and develop pre-assessments for your hiring and on-boarding process today!