Wednesday, May 05, 2010

It's New Hire Orientation Time

Are you going to bore them with the same old spiel? Are you going to mix it up? Take a couple of minutes and read Tim Sackett's guest post on Punk Rock HR for some good tips on making it better for all parties.

I love his idea of having non-HR people do the orientation and even better have them not present material from their own area of expertise. It's a win-win for everyone. You, as HR, don't have to do all of the talking. Your hiring managers get to learn new areas. Your new staff get to hear from multiple voices.

Personally I'm a fan of the scene in Tommy Boy where Chris Farley and David Spade do the safety spiel. It's probably the first time many of those passengers ever really watched it. Enjoy the clip and good luck with your new hire orientations.

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