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Socialization/interaction helps in adopting new scenarios at work. Particularly in an employment setting, when an employee gets into a new environment, he/she needs to make few adjustments. As a resul
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Socialization at Work – New Recruits
posted at 7/7/2010 1:31 AM EDT
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First: 7/7/2010 Last: 7/7/2010 |
Socialization/interaction helps in adopting new scenarios at work. Particularly in an employment setting, when an employee gets into a new environment, he/she needs to make few adjustments. As a result, an individual must be adaptive towards his/her workforce, environment and management because different sets of performance standards are required to be met.
Since a new member (no matter how much experience he/she has) is generally apprehensive about the new employment, an appropriate orientation and introduction to the company and its different work units can help initiate a friendly work atmosphere for new recruits, reducing their fear of the unknown. Would like to know as people are different in their approaches towards interacting with their subordinates, peers & superiors; for e.g. some are introverts while others are extroverts .Being a new recruit (hypothetically), which mode of interaction would suit you best and why? Regards Ryan Reference Link: http://blog.ephlux.com/index.php/2010/07/socialization-at-work-recruits/ |
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Socialization at Work – New Recruits
posted at 7/12/2010 12:10 PM EDT
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First: 9/27/2004 Last: 9/13/2011 |
Six years ago when I was on-boarded in the position I have now, my colleagues used a variety of contact methods.
After an initial 2 day orientation, there were a series of "meet and greet" meetings set up the first few weeks. I attended a series of presentations with other new staff that covered a variety of topics like heritage, finances, etc. I was automatically enrolled in courses that covered things like how to use the telephone system and navigate the intranet. There was a special orientation about employee education and otehr benefits. What was most impactful to me was that when I arrived on my first working day. There was a welcome sign and greeting cards on my desk, my office was set up with phone lists, name tags, business cards, office supplies. There was a packet of information about where to eat, campus maps, etc. Most important was that I had all the electronic tools I needed, a computer log-in, shared drives set up with permissions, productivity software already installed, e-mail account ready with welcome messages from colleagues, meetings on my Outlook calendar. People on my floor dropped by to see me and my supervisors took me around to introduce me. I had lunch meetings with colleagues that included tours. My supervisor asked about my on-boarding experience in my first annual review. I honestly don't think they left any avenue of communication out. It was impressive since on my last job I was set up in the computer lab until an office could be found for me and then I had to set it up myself. But if I were to recommend any changes, it would be to spread it out a little more, the events I describe all took place within the first three months. It was somewhat overwhelming since I prefer to develop relationships more slowly, it did burn me out socially. |
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