Onboarding: How to set new starters on the road to success
Ella Romanos
Monday 11th April 2022
As COO of Fundamentally Games, this is the second time I've been responsible for building a team from the ground up.
I'm always learning and looking to improve how we support our team, often driven not only from my own experiences, but also by ideas from other companies and individuals, as well as feedback and suggestions from our team. Over the last year we've grown from five to 11 people, and so while we're still a very small team, onboarding of new team members has been a key aspect of my role.
We're also a completely remote team, and while a solid onboarding process is as important for in-person teams as remote ones, the latter potentially requires more proactive organisation to ensure that a new team member feels they are part of a team and has the support and structure they need.
Onboarding of a new team member starts before they even join us. The recruitment process is an opportunity to start getting our potential new team members familiar with the company, the team, and how we work. Foreshadowing what the role will involve day-to-day will help not only to ensure we hire the right person, but also help new team members to get onboarded more quickly and effectively once they start in their new role.
While we treat the entire recruitment process as an onboarding process, some specific activities that we've implemented are:
The recruitment process is an opportunity to start getting our potential new team members familiar with the company, the team, and how we work
By day one, the goal is that the new team member already knows what to expect from their first day, has whatever equipment they need, and knows at least some of the team.
Fundamentally Games' Ella Romanos
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