In the world of commercial laundries, where efficiency reigns supreme and getting team members integrated as quickly as possible is a necessity, we tend to overlook one of the powerful opportunities we have to weave new employees seamlessly into the fold—the onboarding process.

Onboarding continues to be the most overlooked part of the Employee Lifecycle. Ask most organizations what they are doing to improve their hiring process, employee development and engagement, and you’re likely to hear about some new method or program they are implementing.

But ask them about what they are doing to improve onboarding? You’ll likely hear crickets ...