HR & people · Starter
Build a first-week onboarding plan for a new starter
A day-by-day plan for a new starter's first week, tailored to their role and team.
The task
Managers often improvise a new starter's first week. Give the assistant the role, the team, the systems they'll use and who they need to meet, and get a day-by-day plan the manager can adjust and share.
A prompt to start from
Paste it into your AI assistant, then fill in the bits in [square brackets].
Draft a first-week onboarding plan for a new [role] joining the [team] team. They'll work with [systems/tools] and need to meet [people or roles].
For each day, give: what they'll do, who they'll meet, and one thing they should be able to do by the end of the day. Keep day one light. Include a short check-in with their manager on day three and day five.
Present it as a table I can paste into a document.
What to check in the output
- Make sure everyone named is actually available that week.
- Check access to systems will be ready in time; the plan assumes it.
- Ask someone who joined recently whether it's realistic.
Before you paste anything in
No personal data needed. Use the role, not the new starter's name.
Your organisation's AI policy wins over anything here.
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