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How to create a successful onboarding process
Why onboarding is crucial for customer retention
How to measure the success of onboarding
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Performing many mundane tasks remains a reality in all jobs despite the promise that AI will eliminate more and more rote chores.
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What is "glossy work" ?
Any job (especially an entry-level position) has elements of drudgery.
This gap between expectations and the day-to-day reality of jobs is a phenomenon labelled as “glossy work” in a
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How does it affect us?
- Glossy work dissonance can spur attempts to change the actual job, frustration and a quick exit from the position.
- Glossy work also creates a dilemma about how to present the work and themselves to the world.
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What can employers do?
- Provide realistic job previews: An honest balance of the glamorous and less glamorous aspects of the job.
- Consider alternative ways of
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Glossing over mundane work
Presenting themselves differently depending on who they’re talking to (outsiders or insiders) can mean that anyone who is not a true insider at the company ends up with a partial or biased view of the work.
The full nature of the work is often glossed over, and that’s a problem for th...
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Current state of productivity
In the frenzy to be more productive, we have become less so.
The procedures and methods in use are over a decade old. Until more robots and AI are incorporated to take over rote tasks, the downward trend will continue.Embracing boredom as a positive force
- Meditate: Once you stop resisting boredom, it’s no longer threatening;
- Boredom feeds creativity: Mind wandering invites creativity.
- Avoid technology: Entertainment snacks will make you crave for more.
- Recover the joy in performing mundane tasks: R...
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