Provide the new employee with essential work documents during the first day of work. These documents should include proof of eligibility to work, confidentiality agreements, and any other disclosures and agreements to which the employee must agree in order to be an employee with your company.
Explain the company benefit package to the new employee. Typically, a benefits representative will spend a good amount of time with the new hire to explain benefits, such as health care, dental, vision and long-term insurance.
Confirm the employee’s schedule for new hire orientation. Companies that hire several new employees at one time generally have orientation classes. The advantage to this is new employees from different departments have an opportunity to meet each other. New employees may even form a bond with each other when they share the same hire date.
Introduce the new employee to her peers if she is in a leadership position. Managers who come on board welcome the chance to meet their counterparts with whom they have similar responsibilities and qualifications.
Visit the new employee after a couple of weeks to check her progress, address any issues she has as a new member of the team, and follow up on any concerns she might have had upon beginning employment.
