An orientation presentation is the first morning's walk through the business and the handbook, and it is short when it is built to end in a signature. Ten slides: who we are and who our customers are; the team by name and role; how the day runs; the attendance and PTO policies; the code of conduct; expenses and equipment; safety; the systems; the first month and its reviews; and the handbook acknowledgment, signed at the end. The employee handbook template on this site prints the handbook the slides walk through, free and without an account.
Slides one to three: the business and the day
What the business does and for whom, the team with a line about each person, and how a normal day runs from opening to close. The slides that make the hire feel placed. Three slides, ten minutes, and the hire can place every name they hear for the rest of the week.
Slides four to seven: the policies
Attendance and the no call no show rule, PTO accrual and requests, the code of conduct, expenses and equipment, each as the handbook says it and with the page reference. The presentation walks the handbook; it does not replace it.
Slides eight and nine: safety and systems, and the first month
The safety rules for the trade and the systems they will log into, then the onboarding checklist, the buddy, the training plan and the thirty-day review date. The onboarding checklist on this site prints the plan.
Slide ten: the acknowledgment
The handbook acknowledgment page signed and dated in the room, with the version number, and kept against the hire. HeadcountDesk Pro keeps it; the handbook template prints it. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location.
Questions people ask about orientation presentation
How long should orientation take?
An hour for the slides and the signature; the rest of the day is the checklist.
Should orientation be the same for every role?
The first nine slides yes; the safety and systems slides vary by role.
Is the handbook template free?
Yes, without an account.