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title: Career Expert Provides Onboarding Tips
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# [Career Expert Provides Onboarding Tips](https://www.websitemagazine.com/marketing/career-expert-provides-onboarding-tips)

 Written by [Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/marketing/author/amberly-dressler) | Jan 16, 2023 6:00:00 AM

**Nerves can get the best of both new employees and their employers when someone has arrived for their first day.**

 Failing to consider what that person will do, how to make them feel welcomed and address other details can leave everyone feeling uneasy. 

 Career experts, [The Muse](https://www.themuse.com/), recently launched their first ever online course on [Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-job-search-course/) in order to help people navigate the hiring process. Kathryn Minshew, The Muse CEO and founder, has expert advice for small business owners when onboarding someone in a new role. 

- **On what to do before the new hire's first day:** First days can be overwhelming, so one thing you can do to ease the pre-start jitters is to send the new hire as much information beforehand as possible. Sending them benefits information and your employee handbook ahead of their first day gives them a chance to get acquainted with the culture before they step in the door (and before they're also trying to get familiar with the day-to-day of their new role).
- **Onboarding doesn't stop after the first day:** One way to make sure that your new employee onboarding doesn't end with HR is to assign them a buddy to check in with them as they get settled. At The Muse, we assign Muse Buddies to every new hire-usually someone in a totally different department-who can use a company-provided stipend to take the new employee out of the office for coffee or lunch as well as check in with them throughout the onboarding period. It means a lot for new hires to have a friendly face they feel comfortable talking to, and we've seen a lot of long-standing office friendships start this way!

- **How to improve the process**: As your company culture grows and changes, so should your onboarding process. At The Muse, we send new hires a New Hire Survey via Culture Amp after their first 30 days to collect feedback on their entire recruiting and new hire experience - everything from the interview process to their onboarding experiences to how they're getting along with their manager and their teams. This way, we keep a pulse on how new hires are feeling after their first month, and we can make sure our onboarding process is always improving.

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