What’s New in Onboarding? 

Finding the best candidates for positions in your organization is only part of building an effective team. Proper onboarding is key to retaining and engaging talent.

The process of onboarding new employees can be one of the most critical factors in ensuring recently hired talent will be productive, contented workers.   New employee onboarding is the process of integrating a new employee with a company and its culture, as well as getting a new hire the tools and information needed to become a productive member of the team.

Proper onboarding can be a challenge, so let’s talk about making it go smoothly so they can play their very best. In this roundtable discussion, we will share loads of insights.  Some of the topics we will discuss are:

1. Orientation Checklist
2. Orientation Schedule
3. New Hire Goals
4. Giving (and receiving) Feedback
5. Define Expectations & behaviors for new employee & current team members (how do they interact with clients, assist in leadership)

If you haven’t attended one of our chapter round tables in a while (or ever), please consider this your invitation – to ask for help, share your success, and help us all manage our social media with confidence. We hope to see you on August 3^rd!

Format: Roundtable discussion via Zoom

• Date/Time: August 3, 2023 at 12pm (PDT)
• Location: Zoom
• Cost: FREE for SDA Members; $15 for Non-Members

Meet the Facilitators: This roundtable will be facilitated by two SDA Seattle members.

Brittany Jamison, CPB, CDFA. SDA Chapter Vice President / Vice President, Finance & Operations, Cross 2 Design Group Inc.

Eileen Vitelli, Operations Management Consultant to architecture and interior design firms. Her focus is on internal firm operations and process management: developing and documenting processes that ensure strong project management and a framework for design teams to execute successful designs. She also supports business development, cultivation of positive client relationships, human resources, and onboarding and training of new staff.

Eileen is an interior designer by training, with 20+ years of experience designing for theatre, hospitality/hotels, restaurants, retail, mixed-use, multi-family, and high-end residential market sectors in the U.S. and abroad.

During her early career she designed and built scenery and props for several live theater companies in DC. Inspired by a love of travel, she then joined the U.S. Department of State, where she designed the homes of diplomats and staff, traveling to more than 30 countries. It was a natural transition to specialize in hotel design next, working for an international hotel chain and for boutique design firms to create comfortable and functional spaces for travelers.