New hire onboarding: first week
- Purpose
- Give every new hire working accounts, the right contacts and a first task within five days.
- Roles
- Office manager: equipment and accounts. Team lead: introductions and first project.
Steps
- 1Before day one, order the laptop and create email, chat and project tool accounts.
- 2On day one, hand over the equipment, check that every login works and share the team handbook.
- 3Schedule 20-minute introductions with each person the new hire will work with.
- 4Walk through how the team uses the project tool, chat and shared drive.
- 5Assign a small first project that is due on Friday.
Done when: The new hire can sign in everywhere, has met the team and has delivered the first project.