New Employee Onboarding Tips

Most new employee onboarding tips are aimed at HR. These are for the manager, in the week where a system cannot help and most people improvise.

Day one. Be there when they arrive. Fifteen minutes on what the team does and why it matters. Lunch with someone, not alone at a desk.

Day two. Give them one real task with a clear finish. Small is fine, real matters.

Day three. Ask what has been confusing. Expect nothing the first time and ask anyway.

End of week one. Twenty minutes. What surprised you, what is unclear, what do you need. Write down what they said.

That is under two hours across a week, and it is the difference between someone who feels expected and someone who feels processed.

The Fair Work Ombudsman covers employment obligations. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s onboarding management system and learning management system.