Being a New Employee
- First six months
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Your To Do List
In this stage we recommend:
- Review your company’s policies and guidelines
- Create your email signature
- Check out all the resources and tools available on this portal
- Enroll in your employee benefit program
- Check out how your Employee and Family Assistance Program can help you balance your work, health and life
- Update your LinkedIn profile
Congratulations on your new position.
As you embark on your new role, you will consume a large amount of new information. This checklist is designed to guide you and help make your experience a successful one.
Helpful Resources for first six months
- Clarifying Expectations and Understanding Job Requirements
- Dealing With the Stress Resulting from Change
- Handling Emails
- Handling Paperwork
- Planning and Leading Effective Meetings
- Working as Part of a Team
- Prioritizing and Time Management
- Scheduling Your Time
- Understanding and Preparing for a Performance Appraisal
- Working Together: Strategies to Improve Your Employee-Supervisor Relationship
- Workplace Communication
- A Positive Attitude… It’s Contagious!
- Second six months
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Your To Do List
In this stage we recommend:
- Request an “Enriching your Career” information kit
- Review your coverage under your employee benefit program
You're now settling into your new job and can concentrate on your performance, attitude and managing your duties. Use these helpful resources to keep you moving in the right direction.
Helpful Resources for the second six months
- Learning Opportunities to Advance Your Career
- Personal Goal Setting
- Creating a Comfort Zone: Ergo-Friendly on the Job
- How to Stand Out at Work for All the Right Reasons
- Information Overload: De-Cluttering Your “To Do” List for a Healthier State of Mind
- Lighten Up: Using Humour to Your Advantage in the Workplace
- Promoting Balance at Work and at Home
- Staying Healthy on the Job: Tips for Maintaining Physical Health at Work
- Taking a Healthy Lead at Work
- Work-Life Balance: Making It Work for You
- Personal Resiliency in Life and at Work
- At Last! An Article on Procrastination
- Becoming More Productive: Setting Clear Goals and Objectives
- Energy Management: Doing More With Less
- Getting a Handle on Your Work Schedule
- It's About Time: Myths and Realities of Time Management
- On Top of It: Organization to Keep Stress in Check
- Prioritizing and Time Management
- Scheduling Your Time
- Systems and Processes to Make Work Run Smoothly
Your Employee and Family Assistance Program provides this resource. Request access to this service through the Online Access site or contact the Care Access Centre at 1 800 387-4765.