Recruiting: Importance of integrating new employees

HBR May'09 article about "Recruiting in Good and Bad times" captured my imagination and helped me further firm up the need to integrate new employees. I have always believed that as a hiring manager your job does not end upon candidate selection. In fact, once the new employee joins the organization, as the hiring manager - one must ensure that the candidate is adequately integrated within the organization i.e. the candidate understands the culture, norms and processes of the organization. Therefore, hiring managers must take special interest to ensure candidate feel adequately informed for smooth integration.