A Smooth Onboarding Process is Crucial for Employee Retention
New Hire Onboarding Checklist
A quick and easy checklist to help you make sure your new employees are set up for success.
- Standardize the employee onboarding experience
- Ensure new hires get the tools and training they need
- Set expectations, minimize onboarding issues
- Fillable PDF for easy documentation
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Make a good first impression on your new hires.
Give them the tools they need to succeed.
A seamless and positive onboarding process is important for employee retention and long-term success. Creating a systematic approach to onboarding will help a new employee understand what's expected and give them the confidence and support they need to be good at their role. Onboarding can be intensive, so we've broken it down into a simple checklist.
Inside the Checklist:
1. Make it official.
Obtain a signed Job Acceptance Document from the employee, confirm a start date, and send the new hire a welcome letter or email.
2. Get the paperwork ready.
Collect all the necessary documents including tax forms, employment contracts, training materials, and benefits documents.
3. Give them the tools they need to be successful.
Make sure you have the tools of the trade ready for them, like a work computer, phone or company vehicle.
4. Get them ready to work.
Set up a workspace, provide necessary office supplies, account logins, and show them how to use the time clock.
5. Make them feel welcome.
Don’t forget to introduce a new hire to the people they’ll be working with, show them around the office, or send out an email announcement welcoming them.
6. Get them oriented and set up for success.
Complete any remaining new hire paperwork, assign them a mentor or supervisor, establish a cadence for performance reviews and give them an opportunity to ask questions.
