How Do You Write An Employee Orientation Manual?
Is there anything more bewildering than walking into a new office on your first day of work and having no clue what you’re supposed to do, much less where to find the bathroom? With a little planning (and a long memory of what it was like to be a newbie yourself), you can design an employee orientation manual that will make first-timers feel right at home. Identify the purpose and scope of the manual. Is it to walk the newcomer through the step-by-step process of performing specific tasks? Is it to introduce her to corporate history and policies, rules of appropriate behavior, and standard forms and procedures pursuant to attendance, vacations and sick leave? Or is it a combination of both? Outline the list of topics to be covered in the manual and determine whether you want to write the entire manual yourself or delegate sections of it to knowledgeable personnel. This decision will be based on the complexity of the job as well as how often the manual will need to be updated to keep pa
