(From Online PR News) -- According to a recent Aberdeen Group study sponsored in part by SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of Talent Management solutions, 63 percent of organizations with a formal Onboarding process experienced employee performance improvements within the first year.

Aberdeen interviewed 466 human resources professionals for the study, "Onboarding: The First Line of Engagement," and concluded companies with a formal onboarding process (with a dedicated strategy and objectives) had a 60 percent greater year-over-year improvement in revenue and a 63 percent greater year-over-year improvement in customer satisfaction than those with an informal or ad-hoc onboarding process.

The 466 executives identified the most important goal of onboarding as ensuring employees are engaged and assimilated into the company's culture and to make them productive as quickly as possible.

Out of the companies Aberdeen found to have "Best-in-Class" performance, 85 percent have a formal onboarding process in place. Of those top companies, 67 percent also supported onboarding processes with formal learning and development, and 66 percent evaluated its onboarding impact at least annually.

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