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Reference Info

Name:
Preferred first name:
Pronouns:
Personal email:
Job title:
Hiring manager:
Hiring manager email:
Recruiter name:
Recruiter email:
Onboarding buddy name:
Onboarding Buddy email:
Department:
Select Department
Start Date:
Thu, Jul 4
Work email:
[ ]
(if blank, populate
)
Link to offer letter:
See offer letter
(if blank, populate
)

As soon as possible after offer letter is signed

Create a copy of this template:
Replace the placeholder text in the title to the new hire’s name. You will need to update the title of 3 different pages:
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Share this checklist with the Hiring Manager, Onboarding Buddy, and other members of the hiring team.
Offer letter is filed in new personnel file in HR drive. How-to video
.
Once the offer letter has been uploaded, please put the URL here:
Send , to the new hire’s personal email with the hiring manager on copy: This email includes a description of all the steps to be completed prior to the first day, including background checks.
Create Gusto Profile
Initiate background check and Gusto profile.
Send request to Hiring Manager to populate
Requires the following information:
New hire full name:
[ ]
Position Title:
[ ]
Hiring Manager:
[ ]
Onboarding buddy name:
[ ]
Department:
I-9 inspector and meeting date:
[ ]
Hiring Manager meeting time:
[ ]
Onboarding buddy meeting time:
[ ]
Goals:
First week
[ ]
[ ]
First month
[ ]
[ ]
90 days
[ ]
[ ]
Coffee Chat connections, titles, and emails
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Set reminders using the table below. For more about reminders, click
3 days from today: Background check
1 week from start
Create app accounts

info
Gently nudge your team with duty reminders over Slack. Customize your reminder under the Message column options by clicking on Edit compose content. To put your messages on autopilot, set up an .
Clear sample data
Duties
Duty
Slack channel
1
Check background check status
demo
2
Set up software accounts
demo
3
Schedule onboarding meetings
demo
There are no rows in this table

Schedule
Date
Owner
Duty
Send reminder
Message
1
Wed, Aug 7
Claire Baker
Check background check status
Remind
2
Wed, Aug 14
Claire Baker
Set up software accounts
Remind
3
Wed, Aug 21
Claire Baker
Schedule onboarding meetings
Remind
There are no rows in this table

1 week prior to start

Create software accounts:
Email
Slack
Add to Google Groups
all@
memos@
department-specific groups
Marketing
marketing@
hello@
Administrative
billing@
info@
invoices@
admin@
Recruiting
careers@
jobs@
Github
Notify Sam to create key fob.
Notify Sam
Set up first day meetings
I-9 with
at
Orientation meetings with
[ ]
at
[ ]
at
Send to personal email with the hiring manager and Pepe LePew
Send : 1st day - send new hire the onboarding plan sheet.

First day

I-9 documents viewed on-site within 3 business days.












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