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1. Failing to prepare for their arrival
“First impressions are everything, and ensuring that you are prepared sets your new employee up for success - mentally and physically,” Schneider explains. “The one question that has guided me: How do you want the dinner conversation to go after your new hire's first day?”
He says that employers that fail to prepare something as simple as a new desk for new starters can leave them heading for the exit door.
2. Putting them on an island
