Hibob and SmartRecruiters join forces to ease onboarding for new hires

With recruiting and hiring set to take off in the coming months, a new partnership between two HR management platforms will make onboarding a breeze.

Hibob, an HR and benefits platform, will integrate with hiring software program SmartRecruiters to streamline the recruiting and onboarding process for new hires. Employers will now have an all-in-one solution to recruit, onboard and integrate new employees into their organization.

“Work from home and hybrid work will be the norm, making a strong remote hiring experience imperative,” Ronni Zehavi, CEO of Hibob, said in a release. “Partnering with SmartRecruiters will eliminate pain points and help companies make a strong first impression on their newest team members.”

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Thirty-five percent of HR managers said remote recruiting and onboarding is more difficult during COVID, due to a lack of relationship-building opportunities and a greater challenge for new hires to understand company culture, according to a survey by educational technology firm MindEdge Learning and the HR Certification Institute.

However, remote recruiting has been beneficial for expanding the candidate pool and reaching more diverse applicants: almost half of organizations have expanded their network for potential recruits, according to HireVue.

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“The positive is that [the pandemic] is opening up markets and talent that didn't exist before because companies still weren't sure whether they could fully operate in a remote environment,” says Andy Valenzuela, CHRO of HireVue. “Technology doesn't mean the process is impersonal. Technology can create a similar experience and have personalized elements to it.”

SmartRecruiters and Hibob join a growing list of organizations expanding their hiring and onboarding capabilities. The partnership will be critical as employers ramp up their recruiting efforts and potential employees become even more selective when it comes to their prospective employer.

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Sixty-four percent of employees say they would leave a new job within a year after a negative onboarding experience, according to a Hibob survey. Hibob and SmartRecruiters will use their technology and AI insights to eliminate common challenges, like employees feeling misled about the job description versus the actual role, slow integration into a new employee’s tasks and a lack of social interaction among teams.

“Companies need innovative HR tech tools that provide collaboration and efficiency for people to be successful in their jobs,” SmartRecruiters’ CEO Jerome Ternynck, said in a release. “Leveraging this technology will provide the best candidate and hiring manager experience throughout all parts of the hiring process.”