Unlocking Potential with PXT Select: Three Smart Steps for Effective Onboarding

A successful onboarding is essential today for retaining and quickly integrating new employees within your organization. In a job market where talent is scarce, you want new colleagues to feel at home right away and quickly add value. A strong onboarding process doesn’t just begin on their first day; it starts with selecting the right person for the job. That’s where PXT Select™ comes in. This powerful tool provides insight into your new hire's strengths, preferences, and learning style, helping you leverage that information strategically during onboarding.

What exactly is PXT Select™?

PXT Select™ is an assessment tool that offers insight into a person's work preferences, behavior, and thinking style. As a hiring manager, it provides an objective view of how a candidate is likely to perform in practice. This goes beyond what you read on a resume or hear in an interview. With PXT Select™, you can make informed decisions about a candidate’s fit within the team and role. More importantly, after selection, this same assessment data can help create a focused, personalized onboarding experience that enables the new hire to feel at home faster and work effectively.

Why use PXT Select™ during onboarding?

The information from PXT Select™ assessment data not only forms a solid foundation for selection but is also invaluable during the onboarding phase. This data enables you to guide the first months of a new hire effectively and ensure a smooth integration. Benefits include:

• Better preparation and faster adjustment
• Strengthening confidence and self-awareness
• Effective communication between manager and employee
• Targeted coaching for faster results

Below, we discuss three practical ways managers can use PXT Select™ assessment data for smooth and effective onboarding.

1. Promoting Self-Awareness

An employee who understands how they work, learn, and communicate will function faster and more effectively. The Individual Feedback Report from PXT Select™ provides insight into a person’s unique work style and preferences, such as how they tackle problems, manage stress, and what motivates them.

How to apply:

• One-on-one feedback sessions: Plan a discussion within the first month to review the feedback report together with the new hire. This gives the employee a chance to get to know themselves better and to discover their strengths and challenges in the workplace.
• Conscious use of talents: Reviewing this report gives the employee a clear picture of what they can develop and strengthen. This insight helps them take initiatives and find ways to feel more at home within the team faster.

When a new employee has self-awareness, they are more likely to work with confidence and feel at home within the team faster.

2. Strengthening the Manager-Employee Relationship

The relationship between a manager and a new employee greatly influences how quickly someone feels comfortable and functions effectively. PXT Select™ offers the Manager-Employee Report, providing insights into where the new hire and manager may be similar or different in their approach. This report helps set expectations and build a strong working relationship.

How to apply:

• Open communication about work style: Within the first month, plan a conversation where the manager and employee review the report together. Here, the work preferences and communication styles of both parties are compared, helping clarify expectations and preferences from the start.
• Understanding each other's style: By openly discussing how you each handle, for example, workload, feedback, and decision-making, you build trust and avoid misunderstandings. If a manager is very direct and the employee needs more time to reflect, you can establish agreements right away.

This dialogue lays a strong foundation for a productive working relationship, enhancing the new employee's job satisfaction and performance.

3. Accelerating Learning and Performance through Coaching

The learning curve is often steep in the first months, and targeted coaching can make a real difference. With the Coaching Report from PXT Select™, managers receive specific tools to guide and coach new hires in a way that aligns with their unique style and needs.

How to apply:

• Focused coaching sessions: Plan a coaching session in the second month of onboarding based on the Coaching Report. This session can address specific skills or challenges relevant to the role. Through targeted feedback and support, you give the new hire the opportunity to grow and achieve results quickly.
• Setting realistic goals: Based on the data, you can agree on concrete goals that align with the employee’s learning process. This provides direction and motivation, helping the employee make progress without becoming overwhelmed.

With a targeted coaching approach, new employees can learn and function more effectively, allowing the team and organization to benefit from their contributions sooner.

Onboarding with Impact Using PXT Select™

PXT Select™ provides hiring managers and HR professionals with valuable insights that go beyond the selection process. By strategically using the assessment data during onboarding, managers can support new hires in their personal development, boost their confidence, and coach them to success. This creates an onboarding experience that truly makes an impact, both for the new hire and the team.

The benefits of good onboarding are clear: new employees feel at home faster, are more engaged, and add value sooner. By using PXT Select™ data during this phase, you’re investing not only in a smooth start but also in a long-lasting and productive working relationship. This makes onboarding more than a standard procedure—it becomes a personal, strategic investment in the growth of your organization and its people.