New Staff Orientation

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New Staff Orientation

• How can you help? Become a Buddy!
• Who
• Anyone who works at Haas (fill out a Buddy Info
  Sheet today!)
• What
• Meet or have lunch during the first week
• Check in with new hire once a week during the
  first month
• invite new hire to events
• How
• Buddies will be matched outside of work units
• HR will oversee buddy program
• 1-hour buddy training
• Why
• Make Haas an inviting place
• Transfer cultural norms
• Encourage cross-department collegiality
• Expand Staffs knowledge of the Haas organization
• Contact Denise Boyd, if the new employee does not
  wish to participate or time constraints prevent
  you from meeting regularly with our new staff
  member.

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Ideas of things to talk about or visit with the
New Employee

• ICE Interactive course Enrollment
  http//hrweb.berkeley.edu/ice/home/
• Museums on Campus http//www.berkeley.edu/librari
  es/museums
• Haas Exercise Program Contact Jennifer Sullivan
• Libraries on campus http//www.berkeley.edu/libra
  ries/library
• Restaurants close by
• Free Noon time concerts at Hertz Hall
  http//ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/calendar.html
• Recreational Opportunities http//calbears.berkel
  ey.edu/default.asp
• Staff Discounts http//hrweb.berkeley.edu/jobs/w
  hywork/discount.htm
• Extension Courses http//www.unex.berkeley.edu/
• Staff Discounts on Extension courses
• http//www.hrweb.berkeley.edu/jobs/whywork/staffdi
  scountform.pdf
• Day Care and Parents Network
• http//www.housing.berkeley.edu/child/facstaff/
• http//parents.berkeley.edu/