Onboarding New Hires

This is the first official message that your new hire will get, except for the contract signing of course​ ​ ​

• W-2 forms

• Employee contract

• Welcoming Email

• Personal Information (i.e. name, address, phone #, email, etc.)

What should the welcoming email say to the new employee?

• Dress Code Explanation if there is one and phone number and email of the contact person.

• Warm welcome including start date, time, and location.

• A list of documents employee should bring.

• Include schedule breakdown of their first day and the company informational documents.

Send out a company-wide email announcing the new hire, with their name and position is part of which step in the Onboarding for new hire process:

• The last part of the pre-onboarding checklist.

• The first part o the pre-onboarding checklist.

• The middle part of the pre-onboarding checklist.

• Not a part at all of the Onboarding process.

Which of these documents should the Employer not be sending out to the new hire during the first day?

• Be sure to greet the new employee at the door.

• Introduce the new employee to their colleagues and department.

• Salary and Benefits.

• All essential information, including guides, and rules.

Because this is the essential period of adaptation, it is really important to help the new employee and not overwhelm them. Would this be a true or false statement?

• TRUE

• FALSE

• BOTH True and False

Why is it really important to help the new employee and not overwhelm them in the first week of hire?

What should you (the Employer) be doing within the first month of a new hire during this Onboarding process?

• Create and send a first month onboarding survey and

  set a meeting with the department head about the employee’s progress.

• Set a one-to-one meeting with the employee at the end of the month and check the employee’s feelings about the job.

• Invite the new employee to participate in activities for team members.

  Plan and schedule a three month and six month survey for the employee.

• You as the employer, should be reviewing how the employee performs and check their feelings about their new job as well as finding any problems or issues they may be having and help solve them.

What is the best definition of Onboarding for new hires?

• The action or process of integrating a new employee into an organization or familiarizing a new customer or client with one's products or services

• A reduction in turnover within your organization.

• An optional yet effective process of employment.

• A performance management system for new hires.

True or False: 50% of new hires leave companies within the first 18 months, implementing an effective onboarding program would eliminate or decrease this retention rate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False? Does the process of Onboarding mean that the employee has the job?

• True

• False