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by Maria Grigor

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Most common challenges

The most common challenges that small and medium companies face include:

Limited resources such as time, personnel, or the right knowledge.

This results in new joiners feeling disoriented, uninformed about company policies, and having little to no integration into the company environment. It also affects employees' job satisfaction, productivity, and retention.

Question: Would you want to lose a new joiner after all the efforts you've made to bring them in?

The absence of formalized processes, including the lack of well-established procedures or leaving it to the discretion of individual managers, or even leaving it to the employees themselves. Yes, even such cases happen.

This leads to inconsistent experiences, overlooked information, or communication lapses. Most certainly, there will be misunderstandings about job expectations and company values.

Question: Would you want onboarding to be significantly different for every new joiner and then deal with the company's employer brand as it declines?

Technology limitations force companies to continue with a paperwork approach, use limited-feature versions of solutions, or lack integration with solutions in use.

All of these slow down the process, are prone to errors that lead to delays, and result in a lack of desired outcomes. That, in turn, leads to increased costs.

Question: What will happen if you continue in the same way even for a year?

I am happy to help you with

• Get the clarity
  
• Build a plan
• Design the process
• Guide on IT solution
• Set and manage KPIs
  
• Manage feedback

Here, you will see the significant differences between a poor onboarding approach and a well-structured process, illustrating the positive impact it can have on both new employees and the organization as a whole.

Joining the program

What is covered in the program

• Different parts of Onboarding
  
• Process Design
  
• KPIs
  
• Feedback
• IT solution guide

You should join the program if you experience any of these:

• High employee turnover
  
• Long time to productivity of new joiners
  
• You are limited on time to do it
  
• Disorganised information
  
• Your employer brand needs improvement
  

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About Me

My background

Since my childhood, my favorite game has been preparing for the game. For example, when playing with dolls, I loved building houses, making food items, and sewing clothes for the dolls. I enjoyed seeing the results and would sometimes keep all the creations for a few days, enjoying looking at them and thinking about what else I could add. The end of the game for me was when I couldn't make it any better, as it was perfect from my point of view. I would often repeat certain tasks multiple times to make them quicker. By the way, it was only when I grew up that I realized I was trying to speed up the process, as back then it was just a game. I wasn't very interested in actual play.

Since growing up, I have realized that I do the same thing at work. I thoroughly enjoy preparing parts and love it when others find the results beneficial for them.

Speaking of my onboarding experience, I have conducted onboarding in a high-speed business environment for both large and startup organizations. I have built onboarding processes and onboarded teams of employees and volunteers, as well as developed onboarding programs for an online community across 11 languages. I have gained valuable insights into the challenges and frustrations that can arise during the onboarding process from both sides.

In each role, I have actively participated in the selection, development, and implementation of HR and CS software tools. Due to my analytical approach, I dive deep to identify the root causes and gather data in order to observe the difference between the original state and the state after me implementing changes. In most cases, I had to determine the required data, collect it, and validate its accuracy. I then built reports and introduced them within the companies.

As you can see, the above mentioned activities involve a significant amount of communication with other people and departments, as well as strong organizational skills and the ability to visualize the bigger picture and break it down into smaller parts. It always involves juggling resources and finding the best way to achieve the desired result.

Now, I am excited to share my expertise and help you to improve the onboarding experience for your clients.

Education

Liverpool John Moores University HETAC -BA (Hons) Business Management (HRM)

The Institute of Commercial Management - Diploma in HRM

Kilroy’s College - Diploma in Business Management

Certificates

IT Talent - IT Recruiter: Part 1. Modern Recruitment

IT Talent - IT Recruiter: Part 2. Technical Competence

ETP (Ireland) Ltd - Work less achieve more

ETP (Ireland) Ltd - Structured Project Management

L Contact - Technology of Phenotype and Methodology of influencing human factor

Additional

Built and Led Internship Programs

Speaker at IEEE-WIE Career Talk

Mentor and Judge at first Ida-Virumaa (Narva) Hackhaton

Mentor and member of participant evaluation team at Skype Hackhaton

Speaker at Back to school program

Represented Skype and Kuehne & Nagel at TTU University career days

Represented Skype at BEST debates at TTU University

Reviews

Destiny Holmes

www.destinyholmes.com

Participating in Maria's Onboarding Improvement program has truly been a game changer. Through our weekly calls spanning over 8 weeks, I've not only gained a comprehensive understanding of onboarding but have also established a robust system that I can genuinely take pride in.

The structured approach Maria brought to our sessions made every week a valuable learning experience. From the fundamentals to the small details, we covered every are for effective onboarding. The depth of knowledge I've acquired is beyond what I initially anticipated.

What made this journey even more enjoyable was Maria's engaging and insightful feedback and her patience. I found myself looking forward to our sessions each week.

Now that the program has concluded, I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness. Maria's guidance has been so helpful, and I now feel confident in my onboarding system.

I wholeheartedly recommend Maria's Onboarding Improvement program to anyone seeking not only knowledge but also an enjoyable learning experience. Thank you, Maria, for the invaluable lessons and the positive impact you've had on my approach to onboarding!

With love,

Destiny

Elena Kirt

Tallinn University of Technology

Maria is a very sociable person and finds common ground with everyone. She likes interacting with people and she takes an interest in them. She speaks lightly and she takes the lead in the conversation and she feels it is her duty to keep the conversation going. Maria is confident, kind, and exudes her tact, compassion and kindness. In her work, she is competent and conscientious, focusing on what is available and making decisions based on her experience and facts. She is decisive and consistent in his actions, preferring order and consistency. She has a strong imagination for new possibilities, initiative to initiate new projects, and impulsive energy to execute them. She is resourceful in overcoming difficulties. She have very good organizational skills, expresses her own point of view fluently, respects the opinions of others and always focuses on results. She always able to maintain a positive attitude.

Ilja Andrejev

Ida-Virumaa Hachathon + Skype Community

I am delighted to share my impressions of working with Maria at Skype and fiirst Ida-Virumaa (Narva) Hackathon. Maria held the position of head in the Skype Volunteer Community division and was a real pillar for the entire team.

But what especially stood out was her work as a mentor at the first Ida-Virumaa (Narva) Hackathon and Skype Community. Maria proved herself to be an exceptional leader and mentor. Her strategic thinking, energy, and ability to motivate the team were invaluable. She made a colossal contribution to the success of our team, and we are infinitely grateful to her for this.

Dyan Sari

Skype

She is passionate to customer/customer obsessed type of person She tries to understand the issue and learning how to solve the problems. And to be honest she is quite sharp: no need need to repeat multiple times information or solution for customer issues.

Aleksei Tsatski

VerticalScope

Maria is a responsible person who is dedicated to her work and who forsees and anticipates issues before they arise. I would gladely work with her again.