Onboarding stats & trends 2022

In today’s fast paced world, good recruitment involves more than just selecting the right candidate. Today, hiring intelligently means having a recruitment process that goes beyond selection.

If you’re not providing your new hires with a thorough onboarding process, then your new staff will be left floundering, feeling disengaged, overwhelmed and often looking for an early resignation.

Here we take a look at some of the key onboarding stats and trends to consider this year and beyond…

Onboarding stats 2022

Only 12% of employees believe their organisation does a great job at onboarding new hires (Gallup)

88% of businesses don’t do onboarding well (Sapling HR, 2021)

25% of of companies admitted that thor onboarding process doesn’t contain any form of training (Enboarder)

93% of new hires said that their onboarding process would determine whether they would stay at the company (Sweetwork)

77% of employees who went through a formal onboarding process achieved their KPIs (Urbanbound)

One study found that a strong onboarding process can help companies retain upto 60% of their staff over a 4 year period (TMF)

Companies with a structured onboarding process saw a 60% year-on-year improvement in revenue (NorthPass)

61% of new employees don’t receive any training on company culture (SHRM)

Only 37% of companies extend their onboarding beyond the first month of employment (SHRM)

73% of HR professionals time is spent on administrative tasks (NorthPass)

41% of HR professionals said they will adopt some form of automation to improve their onboarding processes within the next 6-12 months (Leena)

34% of staff turnover occurs among first-year employees (Toolbox)

New team member productivity is around 25% during the first 30 days of employment (Sapling HR, 2021)

The average cost of onboarding an employee in the US is $1830 (Leena)

Large organisations in the US have to deal with a 16% attrition rate within the first 6 months (Leena)

42% of employees are more productive when they have access to a proper onboarding process (Careerbuilder)

53% of HR professionals agree that employee engagement improves when onboarding is done properly (Sprout Social)

New employees are 2x more likely to look elsewhere if they have a negative onboarding experience (NorthPass)

According to HR experts, new employees must complete an average of 54 activities for onboarding purposes. A new hire is typically assigned 41 administrative tasks and three documents to complete. In addition, they must meet 10 outcomes. (Sapling HR, 2021)