Line Manager Duties for New Starters

Welcoming New Talent: Making First Impressions Count

Embarking on a journey with a new company marks a pivotal step in a colleague's professional trajectory. For the newcomer, it represents a mix of anticipation, inquisitiveness, and understandably, a touch of apprehension about integrating into a new environment. From the company's perspective, it's an opportunity to bring fresh insights, innovative skills, and renewed energy into the fold. Given this mutual significance, it's paramount that we provide a seamless and enriching onboarding experience.

The Importance of Onboarding

A meticulously crafted onboarding process goes beyond merely introducing a new colleague to the company's tools and workflows. It sets the stage for their entire journey with the organisation. Through this process, we convey our ethos, values, and the paramount importance we place on every colleague. Furthermore, a wholesome onboarding experience can significantly elevate a newcomer's confidence, foster optimal productivity, and instil a profound sense of belonging.

Our Onboarding Philosophy

At the core of our approach is a simple yet cardinal tenet: onboarding is paramount. Throughout the onboarding phases, supporting the integration of our new colleague becomes our primary focus, taking precedence over other regular duties. This approach is our testament to the future, ensuring our newest colleagues embark on their journey equipped with all the requisite knowledge, tools, and support they deserve.

Onboarding Checklist: Your Blueprint for Success

As a line manager of a new starter, you take primary responsibility for coordinating and supporting their onboarding. As well as supporting the new starter, you will also need to provide support to their Engineering Buddy.

To ensure clarity and efficiency in this critical phase, we've curated an onboarding checklist. This comprehensive guide is designed to span the entirety of the onboarding journey. As line managers, we must create an individual version of this checklist for our new colleague and monitor its completion.

The checklist unfolds through the 4 onboarding phases plus an additional phase before their first day:

1. Pre Arrival - This two-week period is all about preparation, setting the stage for the colleague's official start at AM.
2. Arrival - In these initial hours, we focus on introducing our new colleague to the AM environment and ensuring they feel genuinely welcomed.
3. Orientation - Spanning the first few days, this phase is about helping our new colleague settle into their role, acquainting them with their team and toolkit, and laying the groundwork for their future contributions at AM.
4. Acclimation - Over the next few weeks, we aim to deepen their grasp of AM's operations, our product range, and our foundational methodologies.
5. Immersion - In the months that follow, the goal is to bolster their confidence and expertise, immerse them in our tech ecosystem, and ensure they're seamlessly integrated into our business processes.

To initiate this journey, access our Onboarding checklist.