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New Employee Orientation Survey
Type of Industry: Banking, Finance Communication Education or Religious Entertainment Government - Federal Government - Local Government - State Healthcare High-tech Hospitality Insurance Manufacuring Non-Profit Pharmacetical Transportation Utilities Wholesale, retail trade Other Other:
Number of Employees: less than 100 100 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 to 5,000 5,000 to 9,999 10,000 or more
Your Orientation Program's Impression:
Do new employees receive a planned or formal orientation to your organization? Yes No
In your opinion, describe the quality of your current orientation:
Excellent Good Adequate Fair Poor
Select who conducts company-wide orientation:
Human Resources, Training or Personnel Operations/supervisor Other
How often is orientation held?
Weekly Bi-monthly Monthly Quarterly As needed
How long is the orientation? Hours Days
Is orientation done:
at one meeting orientation is a process conducted over a period of time
If conducted as a process, over how long a period of time?
When does orientation start:
First day First Week First Month with the hiring decision
Where is the orientation held (Select all that apply by holding the Ctrl key and making the selection)
On-Site Classroom Off site Job Site
Select all who attend orientation: (Select all that apply by holding the Ctrl key and making the selection)
Professional, salaried, full-time employees Part-time employees Spouses/family Transferred employee Full-Time hourly employees Temporary employees Suppliers/Vendors
In addition to the main instructor/coordinator for orientation, who (by title) are the guest speakers in your program? (Select all that apply by holding the Ctrl key and making the selection)
Chief Executive Office Chief Financial Officer Benefits coordinator Operations Person Skills trainer Safety Officer No guest speakers are used Other
Other:
Orientation Program Content:
Select all items done before the new employee's first day of work:
Welcome letter sent confirming reporting time, date and place
Internal memo to co-workers announcing new employee's arrival date and duties
Prepare work area/desk, paint or clean workspace if needed, remove signs of previous employee
Order supplies
Order name plate and/or business cards
If moving, send relocation kit
Order telephone and other credit cards
Install telephone (or complete change order)
Select buddy
Plan a meaningful first-day work assignment
Review or prepare job standards
Arrange for lunch with appropriate person for the first day
Schedule training
None of the above
What aspect of your orientation program is most effective?
What are the written objectives for your orientation?
Check materials sent to the new employee before the first day (check all that apply):
Check which written materials are give to to the new employee during the orientation process (check all that apply):
Who is responsible to cover these topics during orientation?
How many hours and minutes are spent on these topics during orientation?
How critical is the supervisor's role to successful new employee orientation?
very somewhat not
Describe the support supervisors in your organization give orientation:
great some little none
ORIENTATION METHODS, MEDIA AND TOURS:
Check all the methods used in orientation (okay to check more than one):
live lecture
large group discussion
small group discussion
demonstration
role play
simulation or game
self-directed study
tour
panel
other:
Check all the media used in covering an orientation topic:
interactive video disk/CD-ROM
custom video
employee handbook
company publications
handout material
organization's intranet
slides or slid/tape
commercial video
overhead transparencies
audio recording
product demonstrations
checklists
internet or organization's web page
ORIENTATION DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:
When was your program initially designed? (month/year)
When was your orientation program last updated? (month/year)
What was your approximate "out-of-pocket" cost to develop orientation (including media)?
How many design/development hours did it take to create your program?
What resources were used to design/develop orientation:
internal external both internal & external
If you could redesign your orientation program from scratch without concern for time or cost, what would you do?
ORIENTATION EVALUATION:
How do you evaluate the success of your orientation? (check all that apply)
no evaluation is done
written evaluations by participants
written evaluations by the participant's supervisors
informal verbal evaluations by participants and/or supervisors
comparison of objectives to the results
evaluation for bottom-line results measured? (check all that apply):
lower turnover loss prevention
accident prevention/safety record increased productivity
Would you be interested in:
advanced orientation workshops
book of suggested orientation activities
card deck of orientation activities
book of best practices from individual top benchmarked organizations
The purpose of this research is to develop information to guide the development of orientation materials for other organizations through workshops, books and articles. The completion of this survey authorizes us to use this information for this purpose with appropriate credit.
check if you would like a copy of the survey results
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
