<aside> ‼️ How to use this: when somebody joins, we make a copy of this page with the person's name and use it individually to tick boxes - adjust anything as necessary

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In this guide we have gathered our best tips from pre-boarding to several weeks after an employees first day. Good onboarding comes from focusing less on the company and more on the employee and their needs. We should all be striving for the same outcome – happy and productive employees. Once you get that right, everything else follows.

This comprehensive checklist contains many of the step that are a part of a successful employee onboarding. The guide itself is a constant work in progress but contains the pieces, we have identified as the ones that can make a big difference when it comes to welcoming new talent.

We hope this content will inspire, help you and accelerate your onboarding efforts.

This guide is divided into 4 steps:

A good onboarding - key to a productive new hire 🚀

<aside> 💡 88% of employees think their companies do a poor job when it comes to employee onboarding.

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We highly recommend reading through the following article about onboarding!

The Ultimate Guide to Onboarding New Developers: Industry Best Practices

🎁 Preboarding - Before the first day

This part contains ideas and tasks to do before the employees first day divided across, employee, HR and their manager.

Preboarding is a fantastic opportunity few companies actually leverage. There is rarely an opportunity where employees are as curious about the company, the work and the mission as when they have just signed. Leverage that opportunity, but remember to keep it simple and engaging.