What does NHO stand for?

Employee onboarding (the term for new hire orientation and mainstreaming) is a critical part of the hiring process, and can be an important factor in employee satisfaction, retention, and even their overall performance and impact.

Next month, MGM Mirage will start showing it to current employees and will incorporate it into new hire orientation, company spokeswoman Yvette Monet said.

Essentially, they received a half-hour crash course in what might otherwise be a daylong new hire orientation.

Whether new hire orientation or a refresher session with a senior agent, keeping the agents properly trained is a round-the-clock task.

The council has begun efforts to develop a management diversity training program that 75 percent of company leaders will complete by the end of 2007; an employee mentoring program; community outreach through events and volunteer activities; a supplier-diversity program to provide more opportunities to small, minority and women-owned businesses; and employee outreach that will include a new diversity and inclusion section to the new hire orientation class.

Getting Off to a Good Start Most companies offer new hire orientation programs.

Components included developing an Emergency Protocols Handbook to serve as a resource and training guide, instituting a new hire orientation in health areas for all new district staff, and establishing a no-cost CPR and first aid certification program for all school site staff as part of professional development.

The package consists of two videos--Let's Get Honest (15 minutes) and He Said, She Said (26 minutes)--as well as a leader's guide for a four-hour workshop, a two-hour workshop, a one-hour annual refresher workshop, and a one-hour new hire orientation.