New Employee Onboarding: Supervisor Resources
This site contains information, resources and tools to which can be used as a starting point for successfully acculturating and developing new employees. USDA strives to create a positive working experience where staff are informed and engaged and have strong working relationships with their manager/supervisor and colleague
A successful onboarding program makes a positive impression on a new employee and creates a welcome feeling which confirms their decision to work for USDA.
Onboarding is more than completing new hire paperwork or attending an orientation. Onboarding is a collaborative, strategic approach that provides new employees with the needed information, tools and resources to effectively meet organizational goals. Supervisors are KEY to this process!!
- AAMD Home Page
- AAMD SharePoint Site
- Facility Access
- Facility access is controlled by AAMD through the Lenel Application. Any questions related to building access via a Visitor or Linc Pass badge should be directed to your Facility Manager
- Visitor Badges
- Elevator - Shared Facility - Parking Badges - some facilities require badges to allow building, parking or room access. This access may be added onto an existing Linc Pass badge or it may be provided with a separate badge entirely
- Linc Pass - once you have received activated your Linc Pass, contact your Facility Manager to have that credential associated with the access you require within the Lenel Application. Hold on to you visitor badge until you are confident your Linc Pass works – this may be 24-48 hours
- Travelers - contact the facility manager in the location you are traveling to prior to leaving to ensure your Linc Pass is activated for use in that facility
- Facility access is controlled by AAMD through the Lenel Application. Any questions related to building access via a Visitor or Linc Pass badge should be directed to your Facility Manager
- Fleet Management
- Personnel Property Guidance
- Purchase Card
- Requesting a Purchase Card - Justifications for a purchase card must be approved by AAMD PPSB Branch Chief, Norita Thomas.
- Purchase Card Policy
- Purchase Card Training
- Printing, Distribution, Mail, Copier Solutions
- FMD Home Page
- Travel Services Center
- Travel Card
- OF-1164 - Claim for Reimbursements for Expenditures on Official Business
Onboarding Objectives
- Increase new employee productivity by orienting them about the USDA, its Mission Areas and Agencies and their respective cultures
- Improve retention rates of new employees by providing a wide array of information to ensure they feel engaged, successful and connected. This includes providing them with “meaningful work” as quickly as possible
- Provide audience specific, in-depth, timely information over an extended period of time so that information is useful and memorable for the new employee. Don’t overwhelm them in their first week and expect them to retain everything you’ve told them
- Streamline processes and provide best practice information to enable managers/supervisors to deliver high-quality consistent and accurate information systematically to ALL new employee
- Foster an environment of employee engagement where employees feel that the USDA is a GREAT place to work
Onboarding Timeline
Before First Day
- Connect with the New Employee regarding logistics for their first day of work
- Refer the New Employee to the information found in their Official Offer Letter
- Prepare for the New Employee
First Day
- Introduce the New Employee to the Team
- Ensure the New Employee receives a New Employee Orientation
- Focus on sharing Agency and Program mission and values
- Complete Day One paperwork
- Request any IT resources/networks required for work
First Week
- Ensure the New Employee has received their eAuthentication & Linc Pass messages
- Orient the New Employee to the organization and/or office norms
- Assign meaningful work
- Introduce the New Employee to their Buddy
First Month
- Monitor performance and provide regular feedback
- Set performance expectations and help New Employee to create their IDP
- Provide essential training
- Familiarize employee with professional and personal development opportunities
6 Months to 1 Year
- Recognize positive employee contributions
- Provide formal and informal feedback on performance
- Set future performance & developmental goals
Resource Documents and Links for Supervisors
- Applications & Resources (eAuth required)
- Electronic Forms Library
- Federal Employee Onboarding User Guide (Internal Only)
- IT G/media/104638uidance on Improper Use of Electric Equipment (256.49 KB)
- What you didn't know you needed to know about USAS Onboarding (1.59 MB)
- Employee Benefits (373.2 KB)
- New Hire - What Feeds What (138.42 KB)
- Supervisor Resource Guide (1.28 MB)
- What if I am hiring a Contractor or other Non-Federal Resource? (1.4 MB)
- Offboarding Exit Checklist (342.79 KB)
Available Resources within MRPBS
The Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services (MRPBS) provides administrative support services in the areas of budget, finance, human resources, information technology, procurement, property management, and other related administrative services.