The awareness of the importance of onbaording has grown significantly over the past few years, yet very few organizations seem to be doing it right. Most still subject their new hires cacophony of onboarding checklists and paperwork.
I recently read a very good (short) article on this topic http://tinyurl.com/dkjvrm. The article profile some progressive organizations about how to they are leveraging the new web 2.0 technologies. I encourage you to read it. One of the best ideas came from Home Depot. It offers four "Realistic Job Preview" videos using footage of employees to describe and demonstrate various jobs. The sales associate video, for instance, makes it plain that associates always are on the move and need to multitask and work flexible shifts.
With this world of multimedia YouTube, Flicker and social networks seem to be the best way to really show new hires what the culture and experience will be like. Take a look at http://www.blogsouthwest.com/ if you want to get a sense of what all organization should be doing.
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