Things to do in the first week
Employee Onboarding Checklist. A guide for new employees and their managers
By the end of the first week, a new hire must be familiar with the people and the place. The goal should be to ensure the new employee understands the essential work processes and has a clear idea of the expectations and responsibilities of his role. A guideline for the first week includes:
1. Start them on the work
- Give a first assignment.
- Set goals both short term and long term.
- Provide more information with regard to teams and department to understand the value generation with respect to the larger organizational goals.
- Provide training on systems, procedures and job specific needs.
- Provide an overview of the performance review system, the reward system, development and career growth in the organization.
- Provide opportunities for job shadowing, realistic job previews.
2. Debrief and Feedback
- Provide immediate, but meaningful feedback, so that the new hire is quick to grasp and understand norms and expectations in the team.
- Debrief and connect with the employee each day of the first week.
- Facilitate meetings with HR, skip level managers, other related team managers, coaches and mentors, and CXO level managers.
- Facilitate meetings with business line managers and executive level leaders to reinforce company goals, organization values and vision.