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Employee Onboarding:
A Three-Phase Program That Will Work for You and Your New Employee
By Vicki Pero

Who hasn’t heard the story about a new employee’s first day on the job, where his or her manager hands over a set of keys with a promise to return, only to disappear? The employee is then forced to guess what to do. It isn’t unusual when that same employee later shares this story with a sense of pride and accomplishment for having “made it” in the parking business. While the story might be exaggerated somewhat, there is some truth to it. Hiring managers are missing an opportunity for ensuring the success of their new employees from day one on the job. It isn’t unusual when that same employee later shares this story with a sense of pride and accomplishment for having “made it” in the parking business. While the story might be exaggerated somewhat, there is some truth to it. Hiring managers are missing an opportunity for ensuring new employees success from day one on the job. Even though some may view this as a rite of passage, there is a better way to bring new employees into your organization that will save you time and money—implementing an Onboarding Program. Unlike a New Hire Orientation Program that typically delivers to the employee basic information about the

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