15 Steps On How
To Welcome Your New Employees
Summary:
Have you lost
potentially good employees because they have failed to understand and failed to
fit into your workplace? The difference between a new employee being a success
or failure is often down to how he or she is welcomed in the first few days and
weeks. Here are 15 tips on how to welcome your new employees.
Keywords:
new employee,
employee, human resources
Article Body:
Looking after a
new employee during their first few weeks at work can mean the difference
between their success and failure as employees as well as your success and
failure as an employer, manager, or supervisor.
Proper orientation determines how fast the new employee can be productive and
efficient in his or her new job while giving you a good opportunity to make
your new employee an efficient part of your team.
Below are 15 suggestions that will help you deal with your new employees during
their first few weeks to help make sure that they get started on the right
track.
1. Have an induction policy for welcoming and training new employees. Don't just
leave it to whoever is available. Human resources should cover the HR side of
the induction with a trainer (if you have one) or a senior manager or
supervisor covering the more hands-on part of the job. Either way the following
is a minimum of what is required.
2. Give your employee a warm welcome. Don't just point them to the area they
work and let them get on with it. Nothing makes a new employee feel comfortable
more than a warm welcome.
3. Give them a brief description of your role as a supervisor. Knowing who's
in charge and what you expect from them will make them more comfortable with
you as the boss.
4. Give your new employee a welcome tour of the whole department or, if the
site isn't too big, the whole site. Make sure they know how to get to the
bathroom, emergency exits, cafeteria, etc.
5. Give them a brief summary of the company, its history as well as its
mission and objectives.
6. If possible demonstrate your company’s products and/or services, paying
particular attention to the products relating to the area in which the employee
will work. This will make them more
secure and confident with the work that they are going to be doing.
7. Explain to your new employee how the company works particularly if the
company has any unusual working practices or a different structure than the
norm. Again, this will help familiarize
them with the company.
8. Tell your new employee about the company’s competitors and what is being
done to make sure that the company is staying ahead of the competition.
9. Explain in detail your new employee’s responsibilities and describe their
job functions. Don't leave it to the other employees to teach them the basics
unless there is a trained member of staff whose job it is.
10. Let your new employees be aware of what you and the company expect from
them. This includes proper work ethics,
productivity, teamwork, and appearance.
11. Explain the specific conditions and requirements of employment, including
hours, pay, pay periods, holiday pay, sickness provisions, pension, medical
benefits, lateness, etc.
12. Be very clear about the safety rules, policies, procedures, and regulations.
Explain and show the proper use of safety devices.
13. Introduce your new employee to his or her co-workers along with a brief
description of their jobs and responsibilities.
14. Outline opportunities for promotions and other opportunities.
15. To give them time to acclimatize give them a work buddy, a friendly
experienced worker, to show them the job and work with them for the first week
or two.
Covering all of these basics will help new employees settle in and they will be
more efficient and able to contribute much more quickly compared to employees
who are just left to their own devices.
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