Employee Orientation
Introduction
In order to maximize new employees’ chances of success at Selkirk College, they need to be provided with information that is:
- Relevant to their position;
- Timely;
- Well-paced; and
- Easily accessible.
To accomplish this, the college will be re-purposing the traditional late August orientation event to a general welcome event designed to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year for new and returning employees.
The rest of this document describes the framework for new employee orientation, with emphasis on the role of managers and supervisors in managing the process, and the role of Human Resources in supporting them.
Program Overview
The New Employee Orientation Program describes the actions to be taken prior to the employee’s arrival on campus, on their first day at work, during the first week and periodically during the first 3 months.
To ensure that the program is both relevant and timely for all employees, it must do at least two things:
- Address the needs of employees no matter what time of the year they start and;
- Recognize that, depending on the role they play in the institution, different employees need different information.
Since most instructors begin their employment at Selkirk College at the beginning of an academic semester, their orientation must take place at that time and the orientation must cover teaching-specific issues as well as college-wide issues. Exempt and Support staff, on the other hand, can start at any time; they also need job-specific orientation in addition to college-wide information, whether it focuses on safety in their particular work area, or responsibility for supervision. The New Employee Orientation Program has been designed with maximum flexibility in order to meet the needs of all new employees.
