Comments on: Do You Know What Your New Hires Think About Your Orientation Program? http://www.ere.net/2008/09/03/do-you-know-what-your-new-hires-think-about-your-orientation-program/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Avery http://www.ere.net/2008/09/03/do-you-know-what-your-new-hires-think-about-your-orientation-program/comment-page-1/#comment-7275 Mike Avery Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=3753#comment-7275 One of the tougher elements is that you can leave multiple messages with a single act. Take the Southwest Airlines example above of giving new employees their orientation over the net at the employee's home, on the employee's time, with the employee's computer and using the employee's Internet connection. It is showing the new employee that they don't want to waste time. But who's time are they conserving, the employee's time or the companies? Is it an example of "the right way to do things" or is the company - not so subtly - telling the new employees that "while you are in our employ we will have no regard for your home life, and we will have no compunctions about having you work for us in ways and at times when you will not be compensated for that work"? Whether or not Southwest intended to give that impression, or whether they feel as I suggested they might, the message they are sending is far from unique in today's business climate. Remember when most employees could leave their work behind them at the end of the day until the next work day? One of the tougher elements is that you can leave multiple messages with a single act.

Take the Southwest Airlines example above of giving new employees their orientation over the net at the employee’s home, on the employee’s time, with the employee’s computer and using the employee’s Internet connection.

It is showing the new employee that they don’t want to waste time. But who’s time are they conserving, the employee’s time or the companies?

Is it an example of “the right way to do things” or is the company – not so subtly – telling the new employees that “while you are in our employ we will have no regard for your home life, and we will have no compunctions about having you work for us in ways and at times when you will not be compensated for that work”?

Whether or not Southwest intended to give that impression, or whether they feel as I suggested they might, the message they are sending is far from unique in today’s business climate. Remember when most employees could leave their work behind them at the end of the day until the next work day?

]]> By: D Franklin http://www.ere.net/2008/09/03/do-you-know-what-your-new-hires-think-about-your-orientation-program/comment-page-1/#comment-7199 D Franklin Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:56:33 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=3753#comment-7199 Great Article, David. We all need this reminder to view our organizations with 'new eyes'. I would apply this to every aspect of our business - what messages do we send not only new hires, but tenured employees as well as customers? How often do we walk by something amiss (safety, performance,etc) not seeing it? "Oh would the gift the giver gives us, that we see ourselves as others see us".-Robert Burns Appreciate your excellent insight -as usual you are spot on. Deb Great Article, David. We all need this reminder to view our organizations with ‘new eyes’. I would apply this to every aspect of our business – what messages do we send not only new hires, but tenured employees as well as customers? How often do we walk by something amiss (safety, performance,etc) not seeing it? “Oh would the gift the giver gives us, that we see ourselves as others see us”.-Robert Burns
Appreciate your excellent insight -as usual you are spot on.
Deb

]]> By: ken white http://www.ere.net/2008/09/03/do-you-know-what-your-new-hires-think-about-your-orientation-program/comment-page-1/#comment-7193 ken white Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:19:39 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=3753#comment-7193 Loved this article . We have a recruitment TV show in Alberta Canada with many top Employers. We produce video profiles of employment opportunities of these businesses and in some cases we produce an orientation video for new hires to watch with ease at their homes. This also gives the family a chance to get involved in that process. Loved this article .
We have a recruitment TV show in Alberta Canada with many top Employers.
We produce video profiles of employment opportunities of these businesses and in some cases we produce an orientation video for new hires to watch with ease at their homes.
This also gives the family a chance to get involved in that process.

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