New Employee Orientation Training

Chapter 1. Introduction: How to Use This Book Effectively

What’s in This Chapter?

• Discussion of the importance of new employee orientation

• Description of the target audience

• Explanation of how to use this book

Employees are an organization’s most valuable resource, but the way most organizations “welcome” a new employee creates the opposite impression. Organizations often approach orientation as an afterthought. Others spend thousands of dollars and a great deal of time and effort on slick PowerPoint presentations, multiple guest speakers, and voluminous employee handbooks, all of which leave the new employee dazed, anxious, and overwhelmed. Why do they do that?

For starters, the typical new employee orientation program is boring. Like many other ...