{"id":651,"date":"2013-05-08T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2013-05-08T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:49:40","slug":"how-to-help-new-employees-get-onboard-at-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/how-to-help-new-employees-get-onboard-at-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to help new employees get onboard at your small business"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smb-tech-trends\"<\/a>Are you setting the right expectations for new hires at your small business?\u00a0 The interview should help you determine if an employee is right for the position. Still the first three months on the job can make a big difference in how successful a new employee will be.<\/p>\n

Onboarding is the official term used by human resources to define the process by which you make new employees feel welcome and assimilate them into the company. During onboarding, they should learn the policies, skills and requirements they need to be productive as soon as possible and continue that way.<\/p>\n

In a small company in particular, making an employee feel welcome and helping them to integrate may involve the whole team or a good part of it. That\u2019s why you want to develop an onboarding policy or process that everyone is familiar with and, as appropriate, plays a part — even if it\u2019s something as simple as taking a new employee to lunch.<\/p>\n

Take time to talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a>Making time for a new hire is something you need to do as well. Andrea Herran, owner of Illinois-based HR consulting firm Focus HR, advises<\/a> that it makes a nice touch when the president or CEO takes time to sit down with a new employee to talk about the direction of the company.<\/p>\n

Provide relevant information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step one of any onboarding process is to make sure that new hires get all the relevant information they need. Online skills assessment provider eSkills<\/a> provides a good check list of materials for a new employee packet.\u00a0 Among their recommendations are:<\/p>\n