Team Lead! Care about your devs!
The research has shown that there's a strong correlation between successful onboarding process and employee retention. This deck explains the importance of a well thought and sound onboarding process for new employees. We will address what are the attributes of a good process and how to structure it for front end developers.
37. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
38. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Make a call to the new employee before
he/she starts.
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What’s
important?
39. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Make a call to the new employee before
he/she starts.
Update the team that you are expecting a
new member.
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What’s
important?
40. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Make a call to the new employee before
he/she starts.
Update the team that you are expecting a
new member.
Decorate the sitting place :)
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What’s
important?
41. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
42. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
42
What’s
important?
Explain about company products and
values.
43. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
Explain about company products and
values.
Explain about team products and high-level
architecture.
44. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
44
What’s
important?
Explain about company products and
values.
Explain about team products and high-level
architecture.
Explain about the team structure, history
and routines.
45. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
45
What’s
important?
Explain about company products and
values.
Explain about team products and high-level
architecture.
Explain about the team structure, history
and routines.
Show them around the floors, building,
introduce to other teams.
46. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
46
What’s
important?
47. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Explain your expectations from the
onboarding process.
47
What’s
important?
48. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Explain your expectations from the
onboarding process.
Set the clear goals of the onboarding.
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What’s
important?
49. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Explain your expectations from the
onboarding process.
Set the clear goals of the onboarding.
Provide the means to keep track of the
progress.
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What’s
important?
50. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
51. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Onboarding is the time and place to learn.
So don’t rush it. The better one learns now,
the easier it will be in the future.
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What’s
important?
52. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Onboarding is the time and place to learn.
So don’t rush it. The better one learns now,
the easier it will be in the future.
It might take about 3-6 weeks to complete
the onboarding course.
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What’s
important?
53. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Onboarding is the time and place to learn.
So don’t rush it. The better one learns now,
the easier it will be in the future.
It might take about 3-6 weeks to complete
the onboarding course.
Remember! It doesn’t end there. It takes
about 1 year till the person can be truly
independent.
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What’s
important?
54. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
55. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
You goal is NOT to give learning material
and leave!
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What’s
important?
56. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
You goal is NOT to give learning material
and leave!
Identify what a mentee knows and what
not. Adjust the onboarding plan
accordingly.
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What’s
important?
57. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
You goal is NOT to give learning material
and leave!
Identify what a mentee knows and what
not. Adjust the onboarding plan
accordingly.
Ask questions at the end of each topic. It’s
your job to validate what he/she really
learned.
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What’s
important?
58. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
59. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Give feedback frequently to give mentee.
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What’s
important?
60. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Give feedback frequently to give mentee.
They need to know how they are doing and
what’s their progress.
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What’s
important?
61. It’s important to
Give feedback frequently to give mentee.
They need to know how they are doing and
what’s their progress.
Learn what can be improved.
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
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What’s
important?
62. It’s important to
▪ Create a feeling of being welcome
▪ Provide context
▪ Set clear goals and expectations
▪ Give time
▪ To be accountable
▪ Give and ask feedback
Give feedback frequently to give mentee.
They need to know how they are doing and
what’s their progress.
Learn what can be improved.
Learn what parts were interesting and
which were frustrating.
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What’s
important?
68. Onboarding readiness checklist
1. Does it provide a clear context of the environment, e.g. company, department, team.
2. Does it have a clear goals?
3. Do you have a dedicated mentor and they know their responsibilities?
4. Do you have the only essential learning material?
5. Do you have a sound feedback loop?
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Readiness
checklist
71. A: The process is the same. It varies in time and depth.
For the senior it might take less time since he knows basic
concepts, he/she just need to know how we are doing it at Wix.
Students/junior have less knowledge and experience. They can
easily spend weeks on fed-training-kit.
FAQ
Q: How to use it for people
with different professional
levels (seniors/students)?
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