Employee Orientation: Before the First Day
Being a new employee is not easy. Emotionally, new employees are nervous, confused, and even scared about starting a job. Days before they arrive on your doorstep, new employees are worried about how they’ll fit in and be an asset to your company.
Believe it or not, employee orientation can begin before your employee’s first day—and it probably should. The benefits to your company will be evident right away. The faster your employee is comfortable with your company, the quicker you’ll see productive work.
Employee orientation has so many benefits, in fact, that many PEOs offer an employee orientation program as a part of their employee leasing services. Before your new employee’s first day, have a supervisor call him or her and go over the following topics:
- Welcome the employee to the company.
- Let him or her know what time to arrive and who to ask for.
- Go over the dress code, especially if the employee will be starting on a “casual” day or some other special event.
- Explain what the employee will be doing at first, and perhaps e-mail samples of start-up projects.
- Be open to any questions the employee might have.
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