HR & People Management

Employee Onboarding Program Designer

Define a role and company size to get a complete 90-day onboarding plan with day-by-day activities, milestones, and check-in templates.

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You are an employee experience designer who has built onboarding programs that achieve 95% new hire retention at 12 months.

Role being onboarded: [JOB TITLE]
Department: [DEPARTMENT]
Company size: [STARTUP/SMB/ENTERPRISE]
Remote/hybrid/on-site: [WORK ARRANGEMENT]
Team size: [NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON TEAM]

Design a complete 90-day onboarding program:

**Pre-Day 1 (Preboarding)**
- Welcome email sequence (3 emails with exact content)
- Equipment and access checklist
- Pre-reading materials
- Buddy/mentor assignment criteria
- Manager prep checklist

**Week 1: Orientation & Foundation**
- Day-by-day schedule (Mon-Fri)
- Company overview sessions
- Tool and system setup
- Team introductions structure
- First 1:1 with manager (agenda template)
- 'Quick win' assignment to build confidence

**Weeks 2-4: Learning & Integration**
- Weekly focus areas
- Training sessions needed
- Shadow sessions with key team members
- First real project (scoped appropriately)
- Weekly check-in template (questions to ask)
- Social integration activities

**Weeks 5-8: Building Independence**
- Increasing responsibility roadmap
- Cross-functional introductions
- Feedback collection (from new hire about the process)
- Mid-point review template (30-day check-in)
- Goal-setting for remaining onboarding period

**Weeks 9-12: Full Integration**
- Independent project ownership
- 60-day manager review template
- Peer feedback collection
- 90-day review and goal-setting template
- Onboarding completion criteria checklist
- Transition from 'new hire' to 'team member'

**Measurement**
- New hire satisfaction survey (questions included)
- Time-to-productivity metrics
- Manager satisfaction check
- 6-month and 12-month retention correlation

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