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Don't Regret Your Next Employee Hire- Follow These Steps

The first few days and weeks of a job are the most critical for a new employee. This is the time when they set about learning what is expected of them in their new career. They learn what you expect them to accomplish, how they fit into your company culture, and how to perform their job duties correctly.

While your new employees are learning, however, you need to be gathering information as well. You need to evaluate how your new hires are adjusting, how they are learning, and what orientation methods you’re using that are and are not working. Unfortunately, this last point is where most employers find themselves struggling. They aren’t prepared with orientation programs that can teach new hires to excel, and instead bombard these individuals with countless hours of boring videos, mind numbing paperwork, and a mountain of policies.

While it may be difficult, avoiding new hire remorse involves starting off on the right foot. After all, this is the time when you need to make a good impression; your employees won’t every be as willing to listen, receptive, or understanding as they are in their first few weeks on the job. Set the right tone for your new working relationship so employees will not only be happy to be on your team, but excited for their future. Here’s how. 

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Orientation the Right Way: Avoid New Hire Remorse

Every step you take during the few hours, days, and weeks of a new employee’s journey into your company needs to focus on reinforcing three important messages:

  • We chose you because you are the employee we want, and we are happy you’re a part of the company.
  • The company you’ve joined is a great one, and you can expect to get as much out of this experience as you put in.
  • Your job, no matter how small, is important. Here’s why.

By reinforcing these messages, you allow employees the opportunity to gather the information they need to be successful within your business and let them know how much they mean to the company. How do you do that? Let’s take a look.

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  • Share Info- Don’t be stingy with the information. Provide new hires with employee handbooks that they can go over on their own time, talk about how your personal career path led you to this company, and talk to new hires about their career paths and future goals.
  • Be Expectant- Employees need to know what is expected of them; otherwise they will wander through their job tasks with no sense of purpose. Let them know how to do their job, why they are performing certain tasks, and how they can address any problems they might be having. Provide them with a road map to success.
  • Provide Introductions- Make employees feel welcome and at home by providing them with a personal tour of the workplace. Highlight specific areas you know they will want to find quickly during their first few days, like the bathroom, break room, and meeting room. Introduce them to co-workers along the way.
Using a Professional Staffing Service

Avoiding new hire remorse can start before you even meet your new employee. Begin down the right road by using a professional staffing service to find the right job candidate. The staffing service will ensure the employee is not only qualified, but thoroughly briefed on exactly what your company is looking for, your company culture, and your expectations.

What are you waiting for? When you’re looking for a new hire you won’t regret turn to HH Staffing Services. Our professional staffing service has experience providing full time and temporary staffing in Southwest Florida, and we can help you make the right decision or your company. Contact us today for information on our temp employment agency in Clearwater, Orlando, Sarasota, Bradenton, or St. Petersburg.  Visit our website at www.hhstaffingservices.com and join us on all social media.

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