NONO TION TTION T _ KEY ELEMENTS OF A GOOD TRIAL / PROBATION PERIOD? 3-6 months long Make sure you understand the trade off here. Extending the trial period might lead to ALENT AALENT A lower acceptance rate from candidates and it will place a bigger burden on your team to keep tracking their progress. In return you will get more data to make your final SS decision. SESSES Onboarding has to be thorough and ensure they can contribute early SMENTSMENT In order to ensure that the trial period is a fair contraption you have to give candidates the opportunity to start adding value as quickly as possible. This means putting in place a good onboarding process that focuses on both the social aspect and tasks of the job. Ensure that you communicate to them that the trial period is there to be used It has to be clear to them that they are still a candidate. If they don’t start vesting shares before they have passed the probation period, you should also let them know that. It has to be very clear to them that you take this period seriously. Be clear about expectations and how they will be reviewed Make sure they have realistic goals and that both their and your expectations are communicated. This ensures the best possible outcome. By the end each candidate should have at least two evangelists that want them to stay. An evangelist can be any other employee in the organisation. You want to make sure that the employee has made a sufficient impact to have supporters within the organisation. Full review at the end with a re-scoring of the candidate. 104104