New Employee Survey 20090308

New Employee Survey

Confidentiality All responses to this survey are treated as private and confidential. Your manager will not have access to your individual responses. Data from surveys may be used in summary reports, but any information that could be used to personally identify any employee will be removed. Therefore we encourage you to give your honest an open feedback when completing the survey. If you have any concerns in general, or with a specific item in this survey, please speak to your survey facilitator, who can explain in further detail.

Biographical Information This section gathers information so that Human Resources can properly classify and analyse the information in this survey. 1. What is your name? 2. Which region do you work in? 3. Which program do you work in? 4. Who is your manager? 5. Do you have direct reports?

Attraction This section gathers information about how you heard about opportunities at our company. 6. How did you hear about our company? Select one. - Family, friends or associates - Employees or volunteers of our company - Newspaper advertisements - Online job boards such as Seek and MyCareer - Other websites. Please specify: ……………………. - our company web site 7. Why did you want to work for our company? 8. What was your employment background prior to our company? Select one. - Other not-for-profit organisation - Commercial organisation / private sector - Federal or state government - Not employed - Self-employed - Studying 9. Using the scale below, select one value to indicate how satisfied you were with your initial contact with our company? 1 2 3 4 5 Very dissatisfied Somewhat Neither satisfied Somewhat Very satisfied © 2008, 2009 Justin Field Page 1 of 5

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General Comments Do you have any suggestions about how we can improve the attraction of good candidates to our company?

Selection This section gathers information about your opinions of the process of interviewing and recruitment at our company. Using the scales indicated, select one value to indicate your level of agreement with each statement. 10. The steps in the recruitment process were clear to me. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

11. The time taken between submitting my job application and being made an offer of employment was acceptable to me. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

12. The recruitment process was fair, open and transparent. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

13. During the recruitment process, I had a clear understanding of what the selection criteria for the position were. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

14. During the recruitment process, I had a clear understanding of the values and purpose of our company. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

15. The recruitment process respected diversity and was an equal opportunity process. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

General Comments Do you have any suggestions about how we can improve the recruitment and selection process at our company?

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Orientation and Induction This section gathers information about your opinions about your first three months at our company. Using the scales indicated, select one value to indicate your level of agreement with each statement. 16. My manager was prepared for my arrival on my first day at work at our company. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

17. My manager gave me a clear sense of direction during my first few days of work at our company. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

18. I felt that my team welcomed me and helped me to get settled into my new role. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

19. I was able to become productive quickly. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

20. Only answer this question if you attended organisation induction. The organisation induction was useful to me and I found value in the material presented. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

21. Only answer this question if you had a site-specific or program-specific orientation in addition to the corporate orientation. The specific orientation program was useful to me and I found value in the material presented. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

22. I was able to build a network of key people inside my team and outside my team. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

23. Only answer this question if another employee was assigned to help you, be your buddy, mentor you, or support you in some way. My support person was helpful and assisted me in becoming productive in my role. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

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3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

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General Comments Do you have any suggestions about how we can improve orientation and induction at our company?

Your Role This section gathers information about what you thought your job would be like, before joining, and what has happened since you joined our company. Using the scales indicated, select one value to indicate your level of agreement with each statement. 24. The work that I am doing today is precisely the role that was explained to me during the recruitment process, according to the position description. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

25. I have had adequate training to help me perform in my role. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

26. I have the right resources to be able to perform my role. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

27. My salary is appropriate for my role. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

28. The salary packaging arrangements available to employees were explained clearly to me and I understand them. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

29. Only answer this question if you took up salary packaging. Salary packaging was easy to set up and administer for me. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

30. Only answer this question if you took up salary packaging. Salary packaging is giving me a financial advantage in my pay. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

31. It is easy to get tasks done at our company. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

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3 Undecided

New Employee Survey 32. The purpose and values of our company are demonstrated in my team and in my program. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree

5 Strongly agree

33. Overall, I am satisfied with my role at our company. 1 Strongly disagree

2 Disagree

3 Undecided

General Comments Do you have any suggestions about how we can improve the way jobs are defined at our company? Do you have any suggestions about how we can improve employment policies and procedures at our company?

The Future This section gathers information about your thoughts about your future at our company. 34. Do you intend to stay with our company for the next six to 12 months? 35. If you have thought about finding other employment, is there anything that we can do to keep you? 36. What have you enjoyed the most about your time so far at our company? 37. What have you least enjoyed about your time so far at our company? 38. Is there anything else you would like to mention to help us make our company a better place to work?

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