Employee's First Two Weeks
- Check-In With New Employee
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Meet with your employee to discuss how training is going and address any concerns or questions they may currently have. Schedule a 30, 60, and 90 day check in with your new employee. Provide the employee with contacts for who they should reach out to regarding specific questions.
- Review Department/Unit’s Mission & Goals
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Review the mission and goals of your department/unit from the broad and individual perspective. The employee should see how their position supports the goals and mission and have an understanding of what the department/unit does.
- Review Job Description and Performance Expectations
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Review the employees' job description with them and address any areas where training may occur later in the year. Set expectations for performance and relate to annual goals.
- Review Probationary Period
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Review with your employee the applicable probationary period information for their position. This information should be reflective of what was included in the employee's offer letter.
Set the expectation that throughout the probationary period, you will regularly engage in performance discussions with employees, offering constructive feedback on their job performance, evaluating expectations, identifying training needs, and providing improvement plans if needed.
- Reevaluate Training Schedule
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Meet with your employee to go over the training schedule for their first two weeks and make adjustments as needed. Check if meet and greets occurred as scheduled with coworkers and colleagues.
- Employee Self Service Through MyRutgers
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By accessing employee self-service through the myRutgers portal, employees can see paystubs, paid time off balances, update W-2 & W-4 information, and direct deposit among other information.
- Enter Flexible Work Arrangement into FlexWork@RU System
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The FlexWork@RU Pilot Program is effective September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023. If the new employee may be eligible for a Flexible Work Arrangement, review the Department Needs Assessment and Team Agreement and advise them to enter their schedule into the FlexWork@RU system, accessible in the myRutgers portal.
- Review Applicable Information with New Employee
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Review the forms and documents you identified with the employee.
- Forms may include system access, confidentiality agreements, and IT agreements.
- Documents such as the employee’s job description, departmental organizational charts, contact lists, process guides, performance goals, department objectives, and maps.