How to onboard people in a day
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Claims that new hires are productive by day two by shifting onboarding work before day one and automating setup: use Jamf auto-deploy to ship laptops with FileVault, Touch ID and permissions, preload apps (brew, Xcode, Docker, Postman/Insomnia, browsers), run a reusable mac-setup script and curated dotfiles to install team toolchains, schedule pre-start videos and surveys, assign a buddy and prebook shadowing/pairing. Metrics: reduced hunt-for-access delays, fewer no-shows, faster ramp and measurable culture shift toward one-day onboarding.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00One-day onboarding success
- 1:06Convincing teams of one-day goal
- 2:51Breaking bad onboarding cycle
- 7:48Shift-left for day-one productivity
- 10:36Trust via feedback and introductions
- 13:26Buddy system in onboarding
- 21:06Mac OS customization
- 44:21Q&A on remote onboarding
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