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Everything is decided the moment the offer is accepted.

97% of employees consider onboarding a defining moment for their engagement. Yet one employee in three has already left a job before the end of their trial period because of a failed integration. Hiring without retaining is filling a leaky bucket.

Employee experience, recruitment's blind spot

Between offer signature and day one, weeks, sometimes months, go by. Then come the first days, the ramp-up, the first feedback. Every step is an opportunity to confirm the newcomer made the right choice… or to plant doubt. Companies that lose new hires during the trial period don't just lose an employee: they lose the full cost of the hire, months of ramp-up, and a potential ambassador.

Conversely, an integration journey designed end-to-end turns recruitment into a durable advantage: stronger engagement, faster ramp-up, and an employer reputation that makes the next hires easier.

What we build with you

We measure the impact

Employee experience is a system you steer with indicators: eNPS, 6 and 12-month retention, time-to-productivity. We define the metrics with you and track their evolution. It is the natural extension of employer branding (the promise) and recruitment (the encounter): employee experience is the proof.

Our Methodology

A paced journey, from the candidate's yes to lasting engagement.

D-30 → D0

Preboarding

Keeping the link alive, welcome kit, introduction to the culture.

Day 1 → Wk 2

Immersion

Structured integration journey, buddy, tool access, team rituals.

Month 1 → 3

Validation

Structured feedback, 30-60-90 objectives, managerial adjustment.

Month 3+

Engagement

Mobility, mentoring, internal ambassadors, quality offboarding.

The topic in numbers

Why onboarding is strategicThe orders of magnitude that make integration a business issue, not a side HR topic.

92%
trial-period validation with structured onboarding (vs 70-80% without)
70%
of companies investing in employee experience are growing, versus 34% for the others
97%
consider onboarding essential to engagement
1/3
leave before the end of the trial period after a failed onboarding

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Do your new hires stay?

A scoping call to assess your current integration journey and identify the leaks.

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