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first impressions are made before day one
don't let your new hire do the guess work!!
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👋 Welcome back to All Things Remote: weekly tips for building a better remote team.
Getting a new hire set up technically takes a day, but getting them to actually feel part of the team takes work, and most remote onboarding misses it completely. Don’t be that team!!
In today's send:
✅ What to do before day one
✅ How to give context, not just tasks, in week one
✅ The unwritten rules your new hire is currently guessing at
But first…
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Start before day one
Most teams wait until the first day to start onboarding, but don’t be that team…
Send a welcome message the week before.
Tell them what to expect, who they'll meet + anything worth reading in advance.
Have their accounts and tools ready before they log on for the first time.
Week one is about context, not output
The instinct is to get them contributing fast, but your mission is to resist this.
What they actually need in week one: