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Making the Most of Your Staff 
How do I manage anew employee?
They say first impressions count and this couldn't be truer than when you're helping a new employee integrate intoyour team.
There's a mixture of excitement and nervous energy as the newemployee tries to establish themselves in their new surroundingsand the existing employees suss out the new member of the group.It's your job to make sure this process runs smoothly.
Showing them the basics
After greeting them to the premises and showing them to where theywill be working, you should take them through the basic setup of your office and give them the grand tour.Show them all important aspects of daily workplace life (from coffeepreparation to car space)Always try and take your new recruit out to lunch on their first daywith a few colleagues so you can get to know them in a moreinformal environment.Don't be tempted to bring too many people as you don't want to over intimidate them on their first day. If possible, assign them a mentor who does a similar job to them who they can learn from when you'renot available
 
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Learning the ropes
You then need to slowly start providing them with a drip feed of information that will help them do the job that they've been employedto do.As well as organising a formal training programme, aim to schedulein some time for them to get to know the job and the systems ontheir own. Sometimes there's nothing like digging around to seewhat you can uncover yourself.You should schedule regular meetings throughout the duration of theprobation period with clear goals for the new recruit to meet at eachstage. This will give them something to focus on and you somethingto judge them by.
Getting known
Over the first week or so you should encourage your new employeeto set up meetings with all the people they will be working with on aday-to-day basis. Rather than setting up the meetings for them, it'sbetter to suggest they make approaches themselves as it will helpthem get to know names, responsibilities, meeting room protocol,etc.Introduce them to internal and external personnel who they will bemeeting regularly, such as suppliers, IT teams and the person fromfinance who will sign off their expenses.Handling a new employee with care can have an extremelybeneficial pay off in the long run for both parties involved.
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