{"id":13900,"date":"2022-12-05T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitou.net\/?p=13900"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:46:51","slug":"onboarding-in-times-of-skilled-labour-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitou.de\/en\/team-development\/onboarding-in-times-of-skilled-labour-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Onboarding – the difference in times of skills shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The topic is red-hot: skills shortages and labour shortages<\/h3>\n

Everyone is talking about it, you can read about it everywhere in the media and we also see it every day with our clients. It is very difficult to find suitable and qualified staff. And if you do finally find the right person after an extensive search and a lot of budget, he or she soon moves on to the next best job that comes along.<\/p>\n

In my meetings with our clients, they always ask me the same question: What can I do to find employees and keep them?<\/p>\n

In our opinion, the key to employee retention is successful onboarding, which starts with the first interview.<\/p>\n

It has been proven that successful onboarding can reduce staff turnover in a company by up to 24%.<\/p>\n

But what is successful onboarding?<\/h3>\n

This topic would go far beyond the scope of this blog entry in detail, but I have summarised the key points here from our 20 years of experience with over 800 clients per year.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, onboarding can be divided into two phases:<\/p>\n

1. Before the person has been hired<\/strong>
\n2. After the person has been recruited<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the person is hired, it is important to identify as well as possible whether the person has the necessary basic requirements to be happy in the job. Of course, it is also important to check whether the potential candidate will complement the team or fit into the team structure.<\/p>\n

Here is a rough overview of the questions we have identified (apart from the professional competences) in order to be able to implement the onboarding successfully:<\/p>\n

1. Before the person has been hired<\/h3>\n