You’ve probably heard the old adage that you only get one chance to make a first impression. You’ve gotta admit it rings true and applies to practically any situation, including employee onboarding.

Just how effectively can onboarding make or break a new employee’s experience, retention potential, and happiness? We’ll let the statistics answer that question.

• Onboarding programs might boost performance ratings by as much as 11%
• Solid onboarding might produce a 20% increase in employee’s discretionary effort
• Well-done onboarding could spur an 82% increase in retention
• Properly onboarded employees have a 58% higher likelihood of staying in their jobs for 3+ years

Providing new employee welcome kits, full of company swag, on your employees’ first day will help you capture some of these onboarding benefits.

Here are some solid ideas for your onboarding kits...