How To Make Sure You’re Ready For Your New Employee

The Gotcha New Employee Checklist

You’ve finally found the perfect person for your role. You and your team are counting the days until there’s another person around to help take the pressure off. Only – on their first day they’ve nowhere to sit and can’t work because you’ve forgotten to order their computer. Not quite the start of a beautiful relationship…

First impressions count, and you’ll want to make sure your new recruit settles in as quickly as possible. To save you time, and embarrassment, here’s our definitive list of what you need to do to make sure you look like you’re ready for your new recruit. (Because you are ready, right?).

How To Make Sure You’re Ready For Your New Employee

Before they start

The following needs to be in place before they start. Believe us, it’ll look bad if you don’t have all this sorted.

They need a workstation. This may include all or some of the following:

Desk
Chair
Desktop computer
Laptop
Office phone
Mobile phone

They need to be able to work. For example, they’ll need:

Login details for their computer / intranet / email
Email setup with address
Phone connected with number
Business cards

They need to feel welcome and be part of the team. This can happen by:

Remind the rest of the team they are starting
Schedule their training
Choose someone to be their ‘buddy’ for when they start
Decide what they’ll be working on

On their first day

Above all, make them feel welcome and needed. Nothing’s worse than starting a new job with nothing to actually work on. Make sure the following happens on their first day: