Recruitment & Employer Branding
Creating a Smooth Onboarding Journey
Creating a Smooth Onboarding Journey
When someone joins your team, their first days and weeks shape everything. A smooth onboarding journey = happier, more productive people who feel they made a good choice to work with you.
When someone joins your team, their first days and weeks shape everything. A smooth onboarding journey = happier, more productive people who feel they made a good choice to work with you.


Start Before Day One
Start Before Day One
Begin the onboarding process even before the new hire’s first day. Preboarding builds excitement, reduces anxiety, and helps them hit the ground running.
Begin the onboarding process even before the new hire’s first day. Preboarding builds excitement, reduces anxiety, and helps them hit the ground running.


Plan the First Week and First 90 Days
Plan the First Week and First 90 Days
Map out what the new hire will learn and do over the first week, then first 90 days. Clear expectations, check-ins, and gradual growth.


Structure + Support = Confidence
Structure + Support = Confidence
Make onboarding structured — consistent, predictable. Pair it with support (mentors, buddies). Helps new hires feel safe and effective faster.
Make onboarding structured — consistent, predictable. Pair it with support (mentors, buddies). Helps new hires feel safe and effective faster.


Culture, Feedback & Retention
Culture, Feedback & Retention
Onboarding isn’t just tasks. It’s culture, belonging, feedback. Keep listening, iterating, helping new hires feel part of the team long term.



Reflection
Reflection
When someone new joins my team, what parts of their first 90 days will I design to help them feel they truly belong and can succeed — and how will I check that this journey is going well?
When someone new joins my team, what parts of their first 90 days will I design to help them feel they truly belong and can succeed — and how will I check that this journey is going well?
When someone new joins my team, what parts of their first 90 days will I design to help them feel they truly belong and can succeed — and how will I check that this journey is going well?
Write it down somewhere you’ll remember. Reflection beats scrolling.
Write it down somewhere you’ll remember. Reflection beats scrolling.
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