"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 NotesYour Brain on Change Management-Google's Travis Hahler on We're Only Human
Groundbreaking Research on Organizational Agility with Oracle on We're Only Human
Identifying the Skills of Enterprise Organizations with Starmind on We're Only Human
Blockchain, Skills, and the Future of Work with the Velocity Network Foundation on We're Only Human
Virtual Open Enrollment and Benefits Communication Strategies on We're Only Human
Combining Learning, Technology, and Culture with Christopher Lind on We're Only Human
Compassion and Connection: Keys to a Better 2020 on We're Only Human
We're Only Human 87: This Company Screens Thousands of Candidates to Improve Inclusive Hiring Outcomes
We're Only Human 86: Working on the HR Tasks that Matter with Amit Parmar
WOH 85: Stop Apologizing for Being in HR
We're Only Human 84: Job Seeker Nation Report Shows Anxiety and Opportunity
WOH 83: Balancing Candidate Experience and Objective Hiring with AI
WOH 82: Hiring for Neurodiversity - A Case Study
81: Rethinking Work, Productivity, and Engagement in the Modern Workplace
WOH 80: 11+ Ideas to Engage and Support Your Remote Teams
WOH 79: How Employers Are Responding to Shutdowns, Quarantines, and Coronavirus
WOH 78: Families First Coronavirus Response Act - What Employers Need to Know
WOH 77: Implementing the Agile Talent Acquisition Methodology at BBVA
WOH 76: What a Study of 1,000 SMB Companies Tells Us about HR
WOH 75: What if Your Employees Could Use PTO For Anything They Want
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