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The Power of Onboarding Buddies

Thursday, June 6, 2019

The onboarding phase is a crucial time for the success of a new hire. It’s exciting and stressful. While managers play an important role in framing junior employees' experiences in their first few weeks, onboarding “buddies” can help in ways managers can’t. Primarily, onboarding buddies can provide context. This context is second nature for experienced employees, but new hires may not have that luxury. By partnering a new hire with a veteran employee, actions can be g

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