New Employee
Welcome to your career at Mayo Clinic, an organization annually ranked as one of Forbes magazine’s “America’s Best Employers”. If you or a family member just received an offer and is preparing for the first day, or is looking for resources during the first year with the organization, this page has a wide array of resources to help in the journey.
Engage with fellow new employees or ask a question by visiting our New Employee Connections group.
In an article for Harvard Business Review, former Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy writes that despite being in the most technologically connected era in history, many people lack meaningful social relationships. In the workplace, employees and executives who lack these connections are less productive, less creative and have reduced capacity for reasoning and decision making.
Address the health of your social connections with these recommendations:
As humans, we’re hard-wired for social connections. Without them we feel lonely, and loneliness causes stress, and stress increases the likelihood of developing a number of health problems. Providing your workforce the opportunity for meaningful interaction isn’t just good for the soul, it’s good for the body too.
For more details, read the entire article here.