The beginning of a candidate’s journey with a new company can make or break careers and mean the difference between a success ... ful hire and the need for repeating a long and costly hiring process. But some HR departments are still making the mistake of seeing the hire as time to sit back and relax, despite onboarding being crucial to the success of the appointment. Most employers take great care in their recruitment processes, at huge financial cost as well as time investment, and while this can result in the hire of a fantastic candidate, it can’t guarantee that the candidate will be retained. Successful staff recruitment depends on a great experience for candidates throughout recruitment and into the employment itself. With some employers mistaking candidate onboarding as another word for training, they are missing a crucial element of reducing staff turnover. And while they ensure their candidates receive the training required for the position early on in their appointment, employers often miss some of the more significant onboarding aspects and fail to meet the expectations of their candidates. read more