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Creative New Employee Orientation Programs: Best Practices, Creative Ideas, and Activities for Energizing Your Orientation Program

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This is a compendium of almost everything that one might need to create or improve existing orientation programs. From best practices in orientation videos, small businesses, intern & buddy programs to case studies from companies like Ford and Alcatel.

The book also includes numerous useful lists, tools and aids that can be reproduced or used as a basic template for planning new orientation as well as evaluating and improving existent programs. In other words, this is a practical book filled with implementable ideas and suggestions guaranteed to make your new hires feel 'special' and at the same time, taking them through all the knowledge and information bits that they need to learn in a fun and engaging manner.

I found the case studies chapters very informative and particularly enjoyed Part 5 of the book: Orientation Games & Activities which includes 18 very useful and effective games like the hunt for company policies which turns a normally boring part of any orientation program into a really fun activity.

Also quite useful was the Part 6: Orientation Checklists & Surveys covering such areas as 'Before the Employee's First Day'; 'I'm New Here - What Should I Learn?'; and 'A 90-day New Employee Survey'.

I was dissappointed in this book. As an HR manager wanting to create a "Best Practices" New Hire Orientation program out of our exisiting "good" program, I did not find the book very useful. There was very little new information to improve my current program. Rather than informing you how to create your own program, most chapters highlighted programs from other businesses and your option is to attempt to squeeze a few ideas out of whatever chapter is similar to your business. I did find a few ideas throughout the book that I may incorporate and there is a good chapter on games and activities to energize the session. Otherwise the bulk of the information wasn't of use to me. The book might be helpful to someone who is establishing their first NHO session.

This book is a great place to start when creating or updating an employee orientation. The nice thing about it is you can use some or all of the information provided to suit your needs. It is organized well and is easy to find what you're looking for.

This book is outstanding! Many of the ideas are very simple to incorporate into our courses. Facilitation is easy and also sparks more ideas to help make fun, creative learning activities.

I was given the great opportunity of creating a new employee orientation for our company and truly had no idea where to start. I did A LOT of internet googling, printed lots of articles and in the search process came across this book. It had been the OMG of the creation of the NEO! Department orientation, company orientation, intern orientation, you name it this book has the answer! Would recommend to any one working with NEO, experienced or not!

I have often been asked how new employee orientation programs can be both lively and informative. I have recommended Doris Sim's terrific book to several people. Routinely, I am thanked for passing along this title. It has helped many companies.

great service, excellent book