How do you keep the enthusiasm for Texas A&M as bright as the day your candidate signed their contract? Follow through.

Before the first day

• Make sure the hand-off from being recruited to beginning employment is well connected. Consider assigning a pre-arrival mentor, inform the new hire of the campus New Faculty Orientation, and treat everyone's start-up with equal attention to all details.
• Make sure the new hire has a mentor for ‘settling in' for the first semester, then assure the new hire has mentors for career progression.
• Assure formal feedback is clear in what it says and understood by the employee
• Create an environment where equitable help is offered to all

An atmosphere of UNITY

A few quick reads about new hires and their mindsets.

1. TOP 10 Things New Faculty Would Like To Hear From Colleagues (Mary Dean Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts)
2. Supporting Women and Minority Faculty

Checklist for New Hires
New Faculty Orientation