{"id":433,"date":"2025-11-08T13:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T19:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:44:28","slug":"the-employee-lifecycle-and-why-tf-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"The Employee Lifecycle (and why tf it matters)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"Employee Lifecycle, consisting of 4 phases: Find (recruit, hire, onboard); F.I.T. (foundational, interpersonal, technical); Flourish (growth, development, advancement); Farewell (alliances, alumni network, recruit help).\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-1536x791.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Employee-Experience-Lifecycle-2048x1055.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Employee Lifecycle Sketch by Yamairah Keller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Employee Lifecycle<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is a model that describes the entire journey of an employee at a company or organization, from their initial awareness of the company to their eventual departure from that company. Several versions of the model exist; I prefer the simplicity of the four-phase models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above sketch is my version of a four-phased Employee Lifecycle designed to fit my organization&#8217;s needs. In this version, the four phases (<em>Find<\/em>, <em>F.I.T.<\/em>, <em>Flourish<\/em>, and <em>Farewell<\/em>) each consist of three sub-phases that can be followed to create a solid foundation for new employees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prospective employees can easily <em>Find<\/em> out about the organization, get hired, and onboard.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recruitment efforts should be streamlined, inclusive and transparent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hiring process should be technically seamless and inclusive to people of color and neurodivergent people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Onboarding should be a continuous, year-long process that is tailored to both the needs of the role and the employee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New employees complete additional training to better <em>F.I.T.<\/em> into their roles.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foundational<\/em> training focuses on building skills that are core to the role and\/or business (things like standard operating procedures).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Interpersonal<\/em> training focuses on building soft skills (e.g., Crucial Conversations).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Technical<\/em> training focuses on learning or building upon existing knowledge in software or specialized skillsets, like project management or accessibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Existing employees have paths to <em>Flourish<\/em> in their roles.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equitable opportunities for growth, development, and advancement are <a href=\"https:\/\/universaldesign.ie\/about-universal-design\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">universally designed<\/span><\/a> and made available to all employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Existing employees say <em>Farewell<\/em> to their role and\/or the organization.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Employees often form alliances within and outside of the organization that they later turn to for networking and career growth opportunities. It only makes sense for organizations to form a relationship with their employees that allows the organization to tap into that network, which leads us to:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizations that form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/the-alliance-a-visual-summary\/36981114#56\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">alumni alliance networks<\/span><\/a> and make it easy for those networks to recruit and refer new candidates are poised to maximize the investment they&#8217;ve made in their employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my experience, most org&#8217;s overinvest in the <em>Find<\/em> and <em>F.I.T.<\/em> phases and pay little attention to the <em>Flourish <\/em>and <em>Farewell<\/em> phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, why tf does this matter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-coblocks-highlight\"><mark class=\"wp-block-coblocks-highlight__content\">This matters because it costs organizations a shit ton of money when they underinvest in the Employee Lifecycle.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/info.workinstitute.com\/decoding-the-emerging-workforce-2024-retention-report\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Work Institute\u2019s 2024 Retention Report<\/span><\/a>, most of the top reasons for leaving are <em>preventable<\/em>. And:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;U.S. Companies spent nearly $900,000,000,000 to replace<br>employees who quit in 2023.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>tl;dr:<\/strong> When you invest in your Employee Lifecycle, it saves you money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Employee Lifecycle is a model that describes the entire journey of an employee at a company or organization, from their initial awareness of the company to their eventual departure from that company. Several versions of the model exist; I prefer the simplicity of the four-phase models. 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