The VetSupport Guide to Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding

This manual will act as a guide to help those in the hospital who are responsible for the recruiting, hiring, and onboarding of team members.

Putting systems in place to make the process efficient and standardized helped ease the burden of the task. And, let’s face it, turnover is high in our industry and the job of attaining new team members seems never ending and daunting at times.

It is our hope, that this workbook will help organize this HR task and make it an enjoyable process for you and those in your hospital who participate in choosing team members. Used as a guide and training tool, you should be able to delegate much of the work to your team leaders and incorporate them in the decision process.

We have given you several formats to consider in this workbook. Some may not seem a good fit for your hospital. Our intent is to give you resources to pick and choose from so that your hiring process is customized to what works the best for your particular situation.

This workbooks includes 3 sections of information (Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding), in a workbook style format, so you can take notes along the way. This workbooks also includes 3 sections of resources that you can pick and choose to use to help your practice!

Resources included in this workbook:

• Recruiting Resources
  • • Example Core Values
    • Job Description Examples
    • Employment Application Example
• Interviewing Resources
  • • Chart of Legal Interview Questions
    • Common Interview Questions and Answers
    • Internal Job Posting
    • Interview Protocol
    • Offer Letter Example
    • Interview Schedule Example
    • Pre-Employment Reference Checks
• Onboarding Resources
  • • Orientation Packet Checklist
    • Security Contract
    • Orientation Process
    • Getting to Know All About You! Form Example
    • New Employee Safety Walk Through
    • Onboarding Timeline
• And More!