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By Maria Moraca
The
Region introduced its first corporate orientation
program to employees in March 2003.
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Employee engagement begins with the first impression
a new staff member has of their workplace, manager
and co-workers. A solid orientation program helps
to create a positive first impression and promotes
a feeling of connectedness to the organization.
The Region introduced its new corporate orientation
program to employees in March 2003.
“We’ve come a long way since Regional
bus tours,” says Cathy Ancheta, Development
and Education Specialist, Human Resources division.
In the early seventies, when Peel’s workforce
consisted of a few hundred people, the cornerstone
of orientation involved taking new employees on
a bus tour of various Region of Peel work sites.
Today with more than 3,000 employees across eight
departments, Peel saw the need to implement a
corporate orientation program to complement existing
departmental orientation practices.
Information Package
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The corporate orientation package includes
a map showing many of the Region’s
key facilities and locations, and a brochure
that provides an overview of the Region’s
workplace culture, training, benefits and
much more. To ensure the package included
all the necessary components, the Orientation
Team solicited feedback from the Region’s
CAO Advisory Committee, and from a specially
formed Orientation Advisory Committee.
“The goal of corporate orientation
is to provide new employees with information
they need to know about Peel in their first
few months on the job,” says Stephen
Jackson, Manager of Corporate HR Initiatives.
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Orientation Partner
“New employees want to feel welcome,”
says Cathy. “One of the most effective ways
of making employees feel at ease is by partnering
them with a co-worker – someone they can go
to if they have questions or need help, in addition
to their supervisor.”
These and other tools are now in place to make
employees feel welcome and connected to their
new workplace.
Orientation Package
Here’s what new employees will receive on
their first day:
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Region’s
Strategic Plan |
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Map
of Regional facilities |
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Corporate
overview brochure |
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Regional
Councillor Fact Sheet |
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Executive
Management Fact Sheet |
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Region
of Peel pen |
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