New Employee Orientation Training

Special Considerations

Sometimes it just is not cost-effective or practical to bring employees to a central location for an orientation session. People often are spread out among remote sites and locations, and bringing them to the corporate headquarters can be very costly. Some organizations, particularly small to mid-size ones, seldom hire new employees so opportunities for timely group sessions are rare. Although such situations may prevent you from conducting traditional group orientations, you still may develop and administer a structured new employee orientation program.

This chapter also presents strategies for designing an orientation program that serves employees who may spend weeks or months in training before they are placed in specific ...