Onboarding Checklist Manager

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Onboarding checklist — manager

Your onboarding process should help ensure new employees are welcomed to the organization and given
all the support they need to quickly become effective in their new roles. It should be a two-way process
that allows them to get to know the organization, and allows the organization to get to know them.
Onboarding activities typically fall into one of five categories:
• HR information/processes
• Getting to know the organization
• Getting setup with tools and equipment
• Building a network of contacts
• Getting introduced to the job

Your onboarding checklist should help you document and track the completion of all the tasks you have to
complete to successfully onboard a new employee.

Employee information

Name: Department:

Job title: Manager name:

Instructions
For each task, choose Yes or No to confirm whether you have completed it, the date you completed it,
and add any comments as appropriate.
For all tasks that you have not completed, please add a note in the Comments field to explain why the
task is incomplete.

Onboarding checklist — manager


HR information/processes
Task Confirmation Date Comments:

Verify that the employee has Yes No


completed required training
(e.g., health and safety,
harassment, information
security, ethics, etc.)

Discuss the vacation/sick Yes No


leave policy and any
departmental procedures to
follow (e.g. who to notify and
how).

Verify that the employee has Yes No


verified/updated their
employee profile information.

Getting to know the organization


Task Confirmation Date Comments:

Verify that the employee has Yes No


participated in the
onboarding session and
answer any questions.

Verify that the employee is Yes No


familiar with the
organization’s mission and
vision and answer any
questions.

Verify that the employee is Yes No


familiar with the
organization’s goals for the
coming year and answer any
questions.

Verify that the employee has Yes No


been introduced to the
organization’s values and
culture and answer any
questions.

Onboarding checklist — manager


Verify that the employee has Yes No
a basic understanding of the
organization’s products/
services, target markets, and
competition, and answer any
questions.

Verify that the employee has Yes No


been introduced to the
organization’s structure and
answer any questions.

Getting setup with tools and equipment


Task Confirmation Date Comments:

Review building access Yes No


restrictions and procedures
with the employee.

Verify that the employee's Yes No


workstation is set up and that
they have all the furniture
and supplies they need.

Verify that the employee's Yes No


computer is setup and that
they have all the software
and passwords they need to
work (e.g., network, email,
voicemail).

Verify that the employee has Yes No


been given a tour of the
facilities and can find their
way around.

Verify that the employee Yes No


knows where to find the
equipment they’ll need to do
their work (e.g., office
supplies, printers, mail).

Onboarding checklist — manager


Building a network of contacts
Task Confirmation Date Comments:

Let your department know Yes No


when the new employee is
starting and what their role
will be, so people are
prepared for their arrival.

Identify someone who can Yes No


act as a buddy to the
employee.

Introduce the new employee Yes No


to their buddy.

Verify that the employee has Yes No


met their teammates and
colleagues.

Introduce the employee to Yes No


other managers and leaders
in your department’s
hierarchy.

Verify that the employee has Yes No


been introduced to all the
key contacts outside your
department that they'll need
to interact with in their role.

Introduction to the job


Task Confirmation Date Comments:

Review the employee's Yes No


onboarding/development
plan with them.

Have the employee review Yes No


and sign their job
description.

Review and discuss the core Yes No


and job-specific
competencies the employee
will be evaluated on.

Onboarding checklist — manager


Discuss and collaboratively Yes No
establish goals for the
coming period.

Ensure the employee is Yes No


familiar with the
department’s mandate and
goals.

Ensure the employee Yes No


understands how their goals
will help in the achievement
of departmental and
organizational goals.

Establish a regular schedule Yes No


for reviewing/discussing
progress and dialoguing
about performance.

Collaboratively establish a Yes No


development plan that will
support their success.

Review the organization’s Yes No


performance management
process and activities.

Invite the employee to apply Yes No


their personal strengths to
their job.

Closely follow the new Yes No


employee's performance
and development in their
first two years of
employment.

Conduct 30-, 60-, and 90- Yes No


day onboarding performance
reviews.

Onboarding checklist — manager


Onboarding checklist — manager

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