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Del Monte Onboarding Buddy Program: Buddy Benefits New Hire Benefits DMPI Benefits
Del Monte Onboarding Buddy Program: Buddy Benefits New Hire Benefits DMPI Benefits
The Onboarding Buddy Program is Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI)’s Program that will
provide new employees the needed support to successfully acclimate to an institutional culture.
An Onboarding Buddy is someone who partners with an employee during their employment
transition whose role is to offer guidance and share experiences that support their new role and
responsibilities at DMPI.
The Onboarding Buddy, the New Hire, and DMPI will receive the following benefits from the
program:
Increased employee
Expanded network Jump start on networking
communication
At the end of the process, the Onboarding Buddy will receive a Gift Card with a Thank-You
Card as an award from Talent Management upon successful feedback from the New Hire.
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a. Is well regarded and accepted by current employees.
b. Has manager's approval to serve as a buddy.
c. Demonstrates strong performance.
d. Is skilled in/has knowledge of the New Hire's job.
e. Is proud of DMPI and its achievements.
f. Familiar with company's processes, organization, culture, and leadership.
g. Understands business direction of the organization.
C. Implementation Guidelines
1. Talent Management sends a New Hire Announcement to Hiring Manager that will trigger
the selection of a buddy.
2. The Hiring Manager will nominate a buddy for the New Hire and notify Talent
Management of the assigned buddy.
3. Talent Management sends the Talent Management Toolkit –hm for the Onboarding
Buddy. The Onboarding Buddy should start performing items on the tasklist under “Pre-
Arrival”.
4. New Hire attends onboarding with Talent Management on Day 2 of employment. Talent
Management will trun over the New Hire to the Onboarding Buddy by 12:00 noon for the
welcome lunch and give the Buddy Packet.
5. The Onboarding Buddy will perform the rest of the duties assigned in the worksheet.
He/she should check off each item as completed.
6. New Hire will submit completed Buddy System Feedback Form to Talent Management
for filing and future studies at the end of his/her 100th day with the organization. Talent
Management will submit a copy of the form to the Hiring Manager.
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D. Tips and Tricks for the Onboarding Buddy
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Buddy System Feedback Form and Questionnaire
Please fill out the following questionnaire towards the end of their on-boarding program and submit this to
Talent Management.
Buddy Assigned:
Were you personally introduced to your new colleagues, managers and other
YES NO
appropriate people during your first few days in post?
Comments:
Has your buddy been helpful in your assimilation with the organizations’ culture better? YES NO
Comments:
Is there anything that you would recommend we add to a “buddy’s” duties? If yes,
YES NO
please elaborate.
Comments:
Comments:
Do you have all the work tools/equipment that you need? YES NO
Comments:
Please list any items you feel out of the loop on:
Do you feel there were any areas missing from your on-boarding program?
YES NO
If there was one aspect of the buddy system program that could be improved what would it be, and how
might we improve it?
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Have you used self-serviced myHR website?
YES NO
Employee’s signature: