Employee orientation (often called “on boarding” today) is a procedure for providing new employees with basic background information about the firm they need to function (such as company rules) ; ideally, though, it should also help new employees start getting emotionally attached to the firm. You want to accomplish for things by orienting new employees:
- Make new employee feel welcome and at home and part of the team
- Make sure the new employee has the basic information to function effectively, such as e-mail access. Personnel policies and benefits, and what the employer expects in terms of work behavior.
- Help the new employee understand the organization in a broad sense (its past, present, culture, and strategies and vision of the future).
- Start the person on the process of becoming socialized into the firm’s culture, values, and ways of doing things.
Employee Orientation is a procedure for providing new employees with basic background information about the firm.