Page 118 - Straight Talk On Project Management IV

Given that less than half of new employees report a positive experience after joining a new
organisation, you’d imagine it’s even harder to assimilate short term PMaaS talent into your
company and its culture. At Stoneseed we’ve thought about this. It is in everyone’s interests that
PMaaS talent hits the ground running: for you, there’s the obvious ROI considerations; the PMaaS
talent wants to get in, deliver success and move on; and Stoneseed wants you to be so happy with
the service that you come back time after time and spread the word!

With this in mind, we created a pre-boarding mindset! AND we come at this from two angles:
1 - We really get to know you!!

Much of the success of onboarding comes when, on day one, talent joins you feeling like they
already know you, your culture and generally how you and your team operates. This is as important
for PMaaS talent as it is for your in-house new hires.

At Stoneseed we’ll come into your business and conduct a workshop during which we chat, in depth,
with you and your people. We find out about your culture and processes, really drill down on what it
is that makes you tick and what a new person entering this set up would need to do to fit in.

2 – We get to know the talent and fully brief them about you!!

Our onboarding of IT Project talent is as thorough and robust as you’d expect your own to be when
starting on a new employee.

Stoneseed’s onboarding processes for our PMaaS talent ensure they are aligned with your culture.
We get to know our people as people, this way, having got to know your culture and current
operational needs we can send the right person who will slot right in!

They arrive fully briefed, ready to start and knowing what their role in your success is – you may just
have to point them at those brews and loos.
Onboarding PMaaS Talent Makes Senses All Round

The thing is, Stoneseed’s pre-boarding mentality (and even just an effective onboarding strategy)
delivers measurable results in terms of efficiency and ROI, it’s amazing how many firms overlook it!
There less measurable ‘touchy-feely’ indicators too, new starters regularly report poor sleep or even
totally sleepless nights as they approach their first day, it can have a massive emotional impact,
whereas Stoneseed’s PMaaS talent are chomping at the bit, ready, prepared and keen to get started.
Recent research showed that businesses with a pre-boarding process retain over 8 out of 10 (81%) of
first-year hires.

Based on our experience of delivering onboarded PMaaS talent into IT Project organisations and
some of the best practice that we’ve seen from our clients, I present …

Stoneseed’s top tips for onboarding IT project talent

1 - Engagement leads to longer-term commitment

Engage with your new employees, tell them why they will fall in love with your company and the
way you do business. Make them feel like they belong right from that very first offer letter, tell them