How To Onboard New Hires Into Happy and Productive Employees
summary
Actionable checklist: set up tech and a repeatable first-day, first-week, first-month plan, run an architecture review and roadmap walkthrough, assign a dedicated mentor and a small real project (can include a day-one push), and expose key company problems for a 100-day task. Concrete wins cited: unified chat duty at Olark to build product empathy and 91% retention through the first year (69% for three+ years) when onboarding is prioritized. Include teammate quirks, help paths, and measurable outcomes.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:58First Job
- 4:43Why does this happen
- 8:15Who is Poornima
- 12:06People
- 12:59Product
- 15:25Process
- 16:29Policies
- 16:51Live Chat
- 19:18Company Problems
- 20:55Audit your current onboarding
- 21:55Free ebook
- 22:35Any questions
- 22:53craziest thing youve done
- 23:50bad stories about introduction
- 25:40culture change
- 26:58probation period
- 28:50golden average
- 29:30success or failure
- 30:20marriage
- 31:02onboarding time
- 32:20mentorship
- 35:30onboarding process
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