New Staff Member Orientation

This form should be printed out, completed, and placed in the new staff member's file. Additionally, new staff members should be directed to Employee Orientation Resources to look over during their first few weeks of work.

Checklist

When a new staff member is hired, it is important that he or she receives a general Free Geek orientation beyond the standard on-the-floor trainings. The new staff member's supervisor or designated trainer (formerly buddy) is responsible for making sure that the following steps are accomplished to ensure general orientation. Many of these training steps must be led by other people, but it's the supervisor/designated trainer's responsibility to make certain that it gets done and that a complete hard copy of this document exists in the new hire's file. The supervisor/designated trainer also needs to determine an orientation schedule and share it with the new hire on his or her first day.

New Hire's Name: __________________________________

Supervisor/Designated Trainer's Name: _____________________________________

Start Date: _____________________________________

Paperwork/documentation prepration (should be done *the week before* new hire's start date)	Date	Staff Initials
Print out a New-hire-checklist; fill it out as much as possible and give it to Richard (or another technocrat) so that they can set up the appropriate accounts with dummy passwords prior to the new hire's first day.
Call new hire and ask them to bring a voided check and a passport or a social security card and a state ID on their first day
Update HR Calendar with date of hire, 3-month probationary goal setting, 6-month probationary review
Create Personnel File

Scheduling trainings: submit schedule requests for the following training sessions (should be done *the week before* new hire's start date)	Date	Staff Initials
1-hour safety orientation with Darryl (or another representative of the Safety committee)
1-hour HR orientation with Mark
30-minute lock/security system orientation with Richard
30-minute password-setting session with Richard
1-hour volunteer management training with Stephen (or other designated collective member)
1-hour till training with Michael (if applicable)
1-hour Oregon E-Cycles training with Liane (or other designated staff member)
Other general and area-specific trainings as necessary

HR paperwork and policy briefing (should be completed during new hire's *first week*)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
I-9 form
W-4 form
Direct Deposit of paychecks
Ask if they have any previously planned vacations
Health Insurance explanation/meeting
Employee Rights and Obligations (see Employee Orientation Resources)
Staff Vacation Policies/Change in Schedule
Arriving Late and Cancellations/Calling in Sick
Signing Checks, Contracts, Invoices
Explain that this position is at-will employment and that he/she is subject to reviews
Sexual Harassment Policy
Conflict of Interest Form (Conflict of Interest Policy)
Emergency Info Request Form
Expectations for All Paid Workers

Physical orientation (should be completed during new hire's *first week*)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
Safety training. Details on that page.
Get keys, add to Keyholders and provide education (After Hours Access Policy)
Workspace/Office
Disburse a laptop (see a Reuse Coordinator)
Set up phone (if applicable) and add to Phone Extension List
Where to park your car
Where to keep your personal belongings

Accounts and lists (should be completed during new hire's *first week*)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
Create a Free Geek email address (and add to Handles
Create database account
Create RT account
Create wiki account
Create an Application Server account (fgstaff, beancounters)
Add to Contact Info list on the staff wiki
Add to basic Email Lists (staff and/or paidworkers, regulars, social, locks, minutes)
Add to job-specific Email Lists (committees/areas)
Add to staffworksheet.gnumeric spreadsheet

Technical infrastructure orientation (should be completed during new hire's *first two weeks*)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
Email lists/archives: http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo and search
RT: http://todo.freegeek.org/
Wiki: http://wiki.freegeek.org/
Database: http://data/ (only accessible from inside FG)
Where and how to record work hours http://data/worked_shifts
Application Server (i.e. Talon)

Cultural orientation (should be completed during new hire's *first two weeks*)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
Free Geek structure (see Org Chart)
Free Geek Mission Statement and Free Geek Principles
Orientation to our meeting structure (Consensus and Facilitator/Scribe Training)
Introduced around to staff and core volunteers
Get photo and bio for staff page(http://www.freegeek.org/staff)
What to expect the first few weeks
What to expect during probationary period
How to tell you're doing well (on time, floor shifts, moving position forward, commitments)
Attend a tour (11 AM or 4 PM)
Free Geek FAQ
Overview of Programs: what we do at Free Geek
Avenues of Communication: what, how, and where to communicate
Netiquette at Free Geek
Documentation (why it's important, where to document what)

Reviewing the training process (should be completed *one month* after new hire's start date)	Date	New Hire Initials	Staff Initials
One-month check-in on general and area-specific training status
Print and complete the Training Evaluation form