Why a New Employee Ambassador Program?
An ambassador presents for the new employee many opportunities. He or she • gives the new employee a personal connection to someone in the University who can help advise him or her; • provides a friendly contact to ask questions that oftentimes arise during the first few weeks of employment and helps the new employee get started and feel comfortable in his/her new job; • meets the new employee for lunch the first day; • serves as a contact and follow-up with the new employee for the first one to three months to help him or her become acclimated; • helps lessen the initial confusion and uncertainty faced by most new employees; • shows the new employees around campus and introduces him or her to other employees. [This is particularly important for those employees who work in an isolated area or in departments where they are the sole support.] The expectations of being a new employee ambassador are not to be confused with mentorship. An ambassador typically is an employee within the same
