An onboarding FAQ helps your preserve the “dumb questions budget” for any new hire to your team.

A precise checklist takes away the guesswork from the onboarding process. Document what the new hire needs to do, by when they need to do it, and how.

A buddy is a new hire’s tour guide in the team. They can be a sounding board for questions, the person who makes introductions to others and also the first port of call for help.

1:1 meetings with new hires are a very effective way for them to get to know their colleagues.

Sharing a meal with your new team-mate can make them feel welcome to the team. Use this as a regular onboarding pattern.

Switch from fragile, redundant, ephemeral conversations to shared, persistent onboarding assets.

A great place to document the static/stable stuff on the project is right in the codebase, in a good, old README file, at the top level of your project folder.