SPEC Kit 323: Socializing New Hires · 113
University of South Carolina
New Employee Orientation Checklist
4
Examples:
_____reading (manual, Libraries webpages)
_____set up voicemail
_____arrange desk and office space
_____Review files created by the previous job holder
_____Schedule interviews with key people
_____many more possibilities related to a new employee’s specific position
Benefits Office will contact the new employee about attending the Benefits Orientation, and it will be within 31 days
of his/her date of hire.
Sexual Harassment workshop. Those workshops are usually in November and April and LHR will inform the new
employee of the details.
First Week
S ____Review personnel policies
___Work hours and scheduling
___Reporting work hours in Itams
___Breaks
___Types of leave (sick, annual, comp time, conference, release time, flex time)
___Expectations for calling in sick
___Inclement weather policy
___Staff development programs/training (including campus training)
___Dress code
___Orientation to departmental resources (policies, procedures manuals, where to get and how
to request supplies)
___Mail policies and procedures for campus mail
___Eating/drinking in department and library
___Requesting time off for vacation
___Thomas Cooper Library backdoor policy
S ____Explain phone (including voicemail if appropriate)
S ____Explain e-‐mail system (client, web interface). Find your department’s copy of the Outlook book.
S ____If appropriate, have employee order business cards when email address is known. Remember that
something can be printed on the back as well.
S ____Discuss and review unit or department policies
S ____Tour the library concentrating on key operations and relations to one’s own position and department.
Have the new hire meet at least one person in a department.
University of South Carolina
New Employee Orientation Checklist
4
Examples:
_____reading (manual, Libraries webpages)
_____set up voicemail
_____arrange desk and office space
_____Review files created by the previous job holder
_____Schedule interviews with key people
_____many more possibilities related to a new employee’s specific position
Benefits Office will contact the new employee about attending the Benefits Orientation, and it will be within 31 days
of his/her date of hire.
Sexual Harassment workshop. Those workshops are usually in November and April and LHR will inform the new
employee of the details.
First Week
S ____Review personnel policies
___Work hours and scheduling
___Reporting work hours in Itams
___Breaks
___Types of leave (sick, annual, comp time, conference, release time, flex time)
___Expectations for calling in sick
___Inclement weather policy
___Staff development programs/training (including campus training)
___Dress code
___Orientation to departmental resources (policies, procedures manuals, where to get and how
to request supplies)
___Mail policies and procedures for campus mail
___Eating/drinking in department and library
___Requesting time off for vacation
___Thomas Cooper Library backdoor policy
S ____Explain phone (including voicemail if appropriate)
S ____Explain e-‐mail system (client, web interface). Find your department’s copy of the Outlook book.
S ____If appropriate, have employee order business cards when email address is known. Remember that
something can be printed on the back as well.
S ____Discuss and review unit or department policies
S ____Tour the library concentrating on key operations and relations to one’s own position and department.
Have the new hire meet at least one person in a department.
