"I was deleting 24 Google Calendar placeholders one day and manually copy/pasting new hire email addresses into the 17 ones we were going to keep. It was at least 30 minutes of hundreds of just mindless clicks. And I said, wait a minute. I'm gonna figure out how to do this [better]. So I looked at our Google Calendar integration, saw that I could both delete calendar events and add participants to calendar events. It worked so well. I took hundreds of clicks down to two clicks to complete those two actions, which is huge for me. And then I said, what else can I automate? So I just kept going from there."
Ashley Priebe Brown, Onboarding Manager, Zapier
We're Only Human -- Episode 160
Onboarding is one of the most critical moments in the employee experience. The latest data from Lighthouse Research & Advisory shows that two out of three new hires know if they will stay at a company within the first week on the job. But that's not all. There are so many transactional, repetitive tasks that it's easy to get bogged down as an HR leader. In this episode of We're Only Human, Ashley Priebe Brown from Zapier talks about how she automated hundreds of hours of onboarding tasks, minimizing busy work and maximizing impact on their new hire cohorts. If you are looking for ideas on how to streamline your onboarding and make it more relevant and useful, this episode is for you.
Show NotesWe're Only Human 54: Forecasting The Future Jobs of HR and Recruiting
We're Only Human 53: How to Partner with Your Talent Analytics Team
We're Only Human 52: The Top 3 HR Tech Implementation Mistakes
We're Only Human 51: IBM #Think2019 with Special Guest Madeline Laurano
We're Only Human 50: Hitting a Milestone (Plus Special Guests)
We're Only Human 49: New Research On Diversity and Inclusion Technology
We're Only Human 48: How to Use Hackathons and Coworking to Engage Employees
We're Only Human 47: Using Mission-Focused Learning to Improve Learner Engagement
We're Only Human 46: New Methods for Educating the Future Leaders of HR
We're Only Human 45: How to Pursue a Culture of Learning Innovation
We're Only Human 44: 3 Ways to Incorporate Agility into Talent Management
We're Only Human 43: IBM Leaders Share How Algorithms and Bias Affect Us
We're Only Human 42: How to Prioritize Learning in the Business
We're Only Human 41: HR Leaders, Stop Treating the Symptom
We're Only Human 40: How Southwest Airlines Lives and Breathes Corporate Culture
We're Only Human 39: Ohio Living Serves 70,000 Clients Annually with Core Values
We're Only Human 38: How to Take Advantage of the Human Qualities of Work
We're Only Human 37: Taking a Different Approach to Safety Training
36: How to Run an HR Department of One
35: Can Storytelling Improve Your Credibility and Influence?
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