Onboarding is the year-long process of “integrating and acculturating new employees into the organization and providing them with the tools, resources, and knowledge to become successful and productive.”
Intended outcomes
- Job satisfaction
- Employee retention
- Engagement and commitment
- Shorter time to productivity
Note: This information is for onboarding full-time employees (or similar). Details about onboarding student employees can be found on the Information and Resources for Student Supervisors page.
Onboarding rules and responsibilities (PDF)
Role-specific onboarding information and tools
- Onboarding checklist for supervisors (Excel doc)
- Guidance for writing new employee’s initial learning plan (PDF)
- Initial learning plan template (Word doc)
- Sample important first email to new employee (Word doc)
- One-week calendar template – for planning onboarding activities (Excel doc)
- Peer partner information for supervisors (PDF)
- Sample email/intranet announcement – new employee arrival (Word doc)
- Additional onboarding resources for supervisors (PDF)