<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Onboarding]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I talk and teach a lot about orienting new employees, but I just learned the word &#8220;<a title="wikipedia onboarding " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onboarding" target="_blank">onboarding</a>&#8221; this year.  Are you familiar with it?</p>
<p>But, it doesn&#8217;t matter what you call getting your new staff up to speed: onboarding, orientation, training. . .  the important thing is that you do it!</p>
<p>There&#8217;s <em>lots</em> of stuff out there about the topic. Here&#8217;s a fairly current one from one of my favorite bloggers:</p>
<p><a title="onboarding stoner" href="http://seapointcenter.com/3-tips-to-quickly-onboard-new-employees/" target="_blank">3 Tips to Quickly Onboard New Employees</a></p>
<p>You don&#8217;t ever want new employees to feel like &#8220;Mark&#8221; who &#8220;wasn’t sure how to do some of the work. He was concerned about asking too many questions because he wanted to look like he knew what he was doing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Good luck with your new hires!</p>

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