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What Is The Employee Lifecycle

The employee lifecycle is a model that outlines the different stages an employee progresses through during their employment. It begins with seeking employment, then moves to recruitment if successful. Onboarding involves familiarizing with the new workplace and building relationships. Engagement focuses on retaining talent and making employees valuable assets. Development and training provides opportunities for growth. Talent retention efforts like feedback aim to boost motivation and sense of belonging. The final stage is offboarding, which prepares for voluntary or involuntary departure.

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What Is The Employee Lifecycle

The employee lifecycle is a model that outlines the different stages an employee progresses through during their employment. It begins with seeking employment, then moves to recruitment if successful. Onboarding involves familiarizing with the new workplace and building relationships. Engagement focuses on retaining talent and making employees valuable assets. Development and training provides opportunities for growth. Talent retention efforts like feedback aim to boost motivation and sense of belonging. The final stage is offboarding, which prepares for voluntary or involuntary departure.

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What is the Employee Lifecycle?

The employee lifecycle is an HR model which documents the different stages of your employee
journey. In other words, it refers to your advancements within an organization. 
The employee lifecycle model is based on the idea that each employment journey has distinctive
stages with specific features.

 7 stages of the employee lifecycle.


Employee Lifecycle Stage 1: Seeking Employment
this stage a person will be searching for jobs, researching companies and drafting and
submitting resumes and application letters. 

Employee Lifecycle Stage 2: Recruitment


If you are successful during the employment seeking stage, you will receive an
invitation to the second stage of the employee cycle: recruitment.
Employee Lifecycle Stage 3: Pre- & onboarding
It is essential to familiarize yourself with the new workplace regardless if it’s a small
company or large enterprise. The preboarding process offers you an opportunity to
build a relationship with your new team, line manager and overall organization. 
The onboarding process sets in on your first day on the job and has two main
purposes: cultural- and social integration and relationship-building as well as
provision of all the information and skills necessary for becoming a productive
member of the team.
Employee Lifecycle Stage 4: Engagement
The talent and skills of employees will be the distinguishing factor as to why an
organization’s business, product or service are better than the rest of the competition.
Moreover, the longer the employment relationship and the employee lifecycle, the
more valuable of an asset you become for your company.
Employee Lifecycle Stage 5: Development & Training
Development is achievable through participating in training courses and taking
advantage of upskilling opportunities. When employees feel like they have room for
growth and development, they are more prone to feel engaged with their employer.
This means they will also preserve the employment relationship for longer periods of
time.
Employee Lifecycle Stage 6: Talent Retention
The longer the employee lifecycle, the more valuable an asset you are for your
employer. Once we acknowledge that, it becomes clear that efforts for talent retention
are never too early. Thus, there is a constant need for actions to boost your motivation.
Moreover, your employer has to boost your sense of belonging to the organization as
well, in order to retain your talent.
Some of the instruments for ensuring talent retention are regular feedback and review
sessions. They create a framework for gaining a better overview of your employee
journey. Additionally, you can provide inputs into how the workplace could better
accommodate your needs and desires.

Employee Lifecycle Stage 7: Offboarding


Offboarding starts the moment you decide to pursue another job opportunity, or your
employer decides to terminate your employment contract. So regardless if the
termination is voluntary or not, offboarding comprises the final activities leading up to
your exit from the company.

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