Sessions and online information designed to successfully launch new staff at Stanford. See Enrollment Information for policies and instructions.

Identify Required Training

Use the Training Needs Assessment tool in the Axess portal to quickly identify required training based on your role, your responsibilities, and/or your special duties. Clarify expectations with your supervisor or manager, such as which training to take first, then enroll in STARS. Use these instructions to complete the Training Needs Assessment:

• Login to Axess: https://axess.stanford.edu.
• Click the STARS (Training) tab.
• Click My Training Needs from the left menu and follow the link to the assessment.
• Respond to a series of statements and questions regarding job role, responsibilities, or specific duties, clicking Next to proceed through the assessment.
• Click Submit when done.
• A list of required training displays with course title. Training is automatically added to your learning plan.
• Click My Learning to review added training, which is set to a status of Planned. Have a discussion with your manager to identify the desired timing for you to complete training. Also check with him/her to identify recommended training useful to your role or responsibilities, as the Training Needs assessment identifies only required training.
• Click Enroll to submit your enrollment. A confirmation email will be sent, and the status of the training changes from Planned to Enrolled. (Other status settings you'll see are In-Progress, Dropped, or Completed.) The Training Needs Assessment can be used repeatedly.

Onboarding @ Stanford: New Staff Orientation

New Staff Orientation was sunsetted in October 2014, due to the introduction of the Cardinal at Work Welcome Center. For further information regarding the Welcome Center, please visit their website.

Onboarding @ Stanford: New Staff Walking Tours

New Staff Walking Tours are now being coordinated by the Cardinal at Work Welcome Center team. For further information, please visit their website.

Additionally, Stanford walking tours are available through the Stanford Visitor Center.

Online Resources for New Staff Members

Cardinal at Work Welcome Center - welcomecenter.stanford.edu

Review the information, links, instructions, and fun ways to connect to the Stanford community. Need to know the action steps you should take? They're detailed on the site. Want to see a listing of the "perks" for Stanford employees? It's there. Want to understand what training you need as new employee? Got it. Managers can get checklists to help bring your new employee successfully on board, too. Open site; no SUNet ID required.

Additional Training Offered for New Staff

Financial Activities and Applications Training

(offered by Financial Management Services)
If your role involves originating or approving financial transactions (e.g. purchases, reimbursements, managing travel), accounting for University assets, budgeting, fund/account management, labor schedules, or authority management, review available training on the Gateway to Financial Activities (Fingate): http://fingate.stanford.edu/staff/resources/training.html

Health and Safety Training

(offered by Environmental Health & Safety; check STARS for dates, times, and locations)
For required health and safety training, use the Training Needs Assessment tool in the Axess portal (see above). Talk with your manager to gain clarity on the health and safety training specific to your role or responsibilities. Review the Environmental Health & Safety site for assistance to identify the correct safety training: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/training/index.html

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Non-Supervisory Staff (SHP-0002)

(offered by the Sexual Harassment Policy Office; check STARS for dates, times, and locations)
All new, non-supervisory staff are expected to attend a briefing on the university’s sexual harassment policy and our resources for addressing concerns. Newly hired supervisors and faculty are expected to participate in separate mandatory sexual harassment training. This 90 minute Sexual Harassment Briefing for non-supervisory staff does NOT meet state mandated requirements for supervisor/faculty training. See the current listings in STARS or the Training Opportunities Guide, or contact the Sexual Harassment Policy Office at:aevorro@stanford.edu or 724-2120.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Faculty and Supervisors

(Mandated; offered by the Sexual Harassment Policy Office)
This training is mandated by California State Law AB 1825. Training is required for faculty or staff supervisors who direct or evaluate work of one or more employees or students, employees, TAs, RAs, casuals, or temps. Med Center-line faculty and clinician educators are also required to be trained. See the full description on the Managerial Effectiveness page.

Training is offered online and via live classes, depending on the year. Registration for this training is not done through STARS. More information is available at http://harass.stanford.edu. To enroll: contact your Human Resources Manager or Faculty Affairs Administrator or shpo-training@stanford.edu or 725-0646.

School of Medicine

(Mandated; offered for School of Medicine staff only by School of Medicine)
General Orientation to Conducting Clinical Research at Stanford is required training for new School of Medicine research staff. See details on The Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research site.

Health Screening, Safety and Compliance (HSSC) Program is required training for non-faculty School of Medicine research staff. See details on the HSSC site.