NEW HIRE ORIENTATION GUIDE

Welcome to the NevadaSmallBusinessDevelopmentCenter! We have created this guide to help acquaint you with the NSBDC.

We recommend that you review the following documents which can be found on the NSBDC employee webpage.

Staff photo directory – descriptions, photos and contact information for each NSBDC staff member and student;

NSBDC Statewide Procedure Manual – policies and procedures that apply to all NSBDC staff;

Your specific Center's Procedure Manual (in particular, travel procedures, purchasing card procedures, forms) – policies that pertain just to staff of a particular Center;

Minutes from staff, committee and manager meetings;

Press releases regarding activities of the NSBDC;

Resources available for NSBDC staff – counseling tools, etc.

To access the employee webpage:

  1. Log on to
  2. Enter the username: nsbdcstaff
  3. Enter the password: nsbdcrocks

We recommend that you also review specific campus staff policies that may apply to you. Here are the websites to access this information:

University of Nevada Reno:

University of Nevada Las Vegas:

Great BasinCollege:

If you haven't read and signed the NSBDC Conflict of Interest policy, please access the Procedure Manual on the NSBDC employee webpage to get the policy, review, sign and return to Jackie Supencheck in the Reno Office. Or ask your supervisor for the policy.

We strongly encourage you to consider joining a NSBDC committee. It is a terrific way for you to meet other staff members throughout the state and assist in making the NSBDC work effectively internally. A description of the committees can be found on the NSBDC employee webpage.

If you have not already heard about the following or need other NSBDC information, please ask your supervisor or consult the Procedure Manual on the NSBDC employee webpage:

How to send an email to an NSBDC listserve

Who the staff of the NSBDC are

How to establish an email address

How to join a NSBDC committee

How to use the purchasing card

Should you need anything further, please do not hesitate to contact any of the following members of the Internal Communications Committee:

Judy Emerson (Elko Office): 775-753-2245;

Lis Garcia (Reno Office): 775-327-2338;

Shannon Hammond (BEP Reno Office): 775-689-6670 ()

Al Parker (Pahrump Office): 775-751-1974;

Kaye Schwer (Las Vegas office): 702-895-3918;

Marilyn Stell (Las Vegas BEP office): 702-866-5985;

Rev: 9/21/04