Planning for Your New Employees First Day
I wanted to share a quick story and resource...
Two years ago I was hired as the interim executive of a well known bi-lingual, Montessori charter school 30 days before the first day of school.
We hired a dozen staff in 30 days, some from out of the country, and had great inservice and day one experience for everyone...well, that's what I thought.
I asked the mentors to schedule a new hire meeting about eight days in to check in with the new hires.
I came to the meeting late and just asked them to start with a simple, "What's going well?", "What can be improved?" icebreaker activity.
I walked into the room and was blown away about what was on the whiteboard.
What's Going Well?
What Can Be Improved...
If you couldn't read it here's just a few of the items on their list...
- I don't know where things are (toilet!)
- I don't know how to call the front office
- I don't have a key
- When is pay day?
- When is HR orientation?
- Do we have a staff handbook?
The list goes on....
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