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On-Boarding New Employees

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their entrances and exits.” William Shakespeare probably didn’t know how often those lines would be quoted (and not always on the stage), but these words certainly apply to the process of bringing new employees into your organization. Whether you call it new hire orientation or on-boarding, how you bring a new hire into your organization is critical to that person’s success and his or her contribution to your growth and success. The goal of any on-boarding process is to ensure the new hire is as productive as possible in the shortest amount of time and knows he or she has made a great choice to join you.

According to the article “The Race ...

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