8 creative ways to welcome a new employee to the team
By YEC
Starting a new job can be stressful. As a leader, it is therefore crucial to ensure that your new hires feel welcome and supported from the start. Here, 12 Young Entrepreneur Council members share onboarding strategies leaders can use to make sure new hires feel welcome and get off to a successful start.
Most people are familiar with the mix of anticipation and anxiety that comes with the first day at a new job. What strategy do you use to make sure a new employee feels welcome from day one?
1. Organize an office meetingWe like to make new hires feel welcome at an office meeting. Ditch the icebreaker questions where you have to find something clever on the spot instead of just being yourself. You hired this person because you liked their job and felt good about their personality. Remind them if they seem anxious, and let relationships build naturally from there. —Kaitleen Shee, GROW
2. Do something active togetherWe have two methods that prove to be the most effective for breaking the ice: each new employee has the opportunity to join a colleague on a bike ride, and each new employee answers our three questions, which are then displayed in a visible place. in our office. The questions are: 1. What major experiences do you want to have in your life? 2. How do you want to grow? 3. How do you want to contribute to the world? —Jeff Cayley, Global Cyclery
3. Offer adviceEach new team member is onboarded as warmly as possible by HR, managers (individually) and their team members in their specific departments. All final interviews are with me (as president of the company) so I can meet them even before they are officially welcomed on board. It gives me the chance to express that my door is also always open, if they need anything from me. —Magnus Simonarson, Consultwebs
4. On board before day oneDo as much onboarding work as possible before day one so your new hire can get started right away. You might say that's selfish, and it'll definitely improve productivity at the margin, but it also ensures that your new hire doesn't start off on the wrong foot, confused, and maybe even overwhelmed with all the HR tasks ahead of them. while she're on the clock. —Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers Personal Finance
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By YEC
Starting a new job can be stressful. As a leader, it is therefore crucial to ensure that your new hires feel welcome and supported from the start. Here, 12 Young Entrepreneur Council members share onboarding strategies leaders can use to make sure new hires feel welcome and get off to a successful start.
Most people are familiar with the mix of anticipation and anxiety that comes with the first day at a new job. What strategy do you use to make sure a new employee feels welcome from day one?
1. Organize an office meetingWe like to make new hires feel welcome at an office meeting. Ditch the icebreaker questions where you have to find something clever on the spot instead of just being yourself. You hired this person because you liked their job and felt good about their personality. Remind them if they seem anxious, and let relationships build naturally from there. —Kaitleen Shee, GROW
2. Do something active togetherWe have two methods that prove to be the most effective for breaking the ice: each new employee has the opportunity to join a colleague on a bike ride, and each new employee answers our three questions, which are then displayed in a visible place. in our office. The questions are: 1. What major experiences do you want to have in your life? 2. How do you want to grow? 3. How do you want to contribute to the world? —Jeff Cayley, Global Cyclery
3. Offer adviceEach new team member is onboarded as warmly as possible by HR, managers (individually) and their team members in their specific departments. All final interviews are with me (as president of the company) so I can meet them even before they are officially welcomed on board. It gives me the chance to express that my door is also always open, if they need anything from me. —Magnus Simonarson, Consultwebs
4. On board before day oneDo as much onboarding work as possible before day one so your new hire can get started right away. You might say that's selfish, and it'll definitely improve productivity at the margin, but it also ensures that your new hire doesn't start off on the wrong foot, confused, and maybe even overwhelmed with all the HR tasks ahead of them. while she're on the clock. —Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers Personal Finance
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