How to Onboard New Team Members Remotely
Summary
Without a physical office presence, there are a few important tweaks to your onboarding process that are critical to ensuring a remote employee’s success. Doing this prior to their start date also gives the new hire time to ask questions along the way, especially since you won’t have the luxury of sitting next to them as they complete the forms. Work with your IT department to ensure that all of their email addresses, product logins, and chat accounts have been created by the time the new hire receives their computer. But beyond those initial calls with their colleagues and manager, plan ahead for other onboarding meetings that typically occur in an office setting. If you leave a new hire to their own devices after taking care of initial logistics matters, you could end up losing that person to a competitor sooner than not.
