5 easy things start ups can do for onboarding
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]They have managed to jump through all the hoops and obstacles you have laid in their path, and now they are your new hire. There is no doubt that an onboarding process will enable your new hire to quickly acclimatize to the new company and job, meaning that they will become productive in a shorter amount of time. Following this, you can start to recoup your return on the substantial investment that you have made in hiring this new resource. The culture of your start up is very important and every employee should live and breathe it. Onboarding is a very important part of this, and although as a startup we all know there is not any cash to spare, this does not mean that you should skimp on onboarding. Here are some easy and relatively low cost, if not free, things you can do to make your new hire feel welcome:[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Prior to their arrival[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Make sure you send an email explaining to the new hire where they need to go and at what time. Also, let them know if they need to bring anything. Make sure you follow up personally with a phone call the day before.[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Meet and greet[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Meet your new hire at the door and show them you are excited to have them on board and are also willing to take the time out of your day to express your gratitude.[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Do not overload[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Usually, when you start a new job you get overloaded with information, and of course not all of it sticks and you end up exhausted after your first day, and I bet you did not like it or it left you with doubts about being able to remember everything needed. Make sure you do not do this to your new hire.[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Connections[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Although you will want your new hire to meet everyone, if you have a team bigger than 10 this might not be the best thing to do. Make a list of resources that your new hire can go to for certain tasks or things that they might need. Make sure the team knows there is a new hire and to act accordingly. It will be a lot easier for the new hire to take things one step at a time.[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Review[/font]
[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Make sure that at the end of the first day, week and month you sit down and review everything with your new hire so that both of you know what is expected from each other.[/font]
