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New Hire Onboarding Checklist
A new hire onboarding checklist for Google Sheets or Excel: every pre-start, day-one and first-week task for each hire, with an owner and a due date set from their start date. The files open in Microsoft Excel and in Google Sheets, have no macros and nothing to install, and are yours to reuse as often as you like.
What it does
- Summary each morning: who starts in the next 30 days, overdue onboarding tasks, documents still open, policy acknowledgments past due, 30-60-90 reviews and late training, with a readiness line for every hire
- Standard onboarding steps set up once; add a hire, pick tasks, and phase, owner and due date fill in
- 30-60-90 day plan per hire with expected outcomes, support needed, evidence and review dates
- Document Receipt Register for required paperwork: requested, received, reviewer and where it is stored (status only, never copies)
- Policy acknowledgments by version, buddy check-ins with open needs, and a Training Matrix of finished, open, late and unassigned modules
- 250 hires on one Summary; start any time
- Opens in Excel and in Google Sheets
$14.99one-time, no subscription
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What it looks like
What is in the bundle
- New_Hire_Onboarding_Checklist.xlsx: blank, 9 tabs, with starter task, document, policy and training lists
- New_Hire_Onboarding_Checklist_Filled_Example.xlsx: 5 fictional sample hires
- START HERE PDF with Make a copy links for the blank and Filled Example Google Sheets
Works in
- Google Sheets in a web browser (free Google account); the Google Sheets phone app is fine for viewing
- Microsoft 365, Excel 2024 or Excel for the web (not Excel 2021 or older)
- No macros, no add-ons, no scripts; not for Numbers, LibreOffice or OpenOffice
Honest scope
This is a record-keeping template, not legal or HR advice. Leave, overtime and pay rules vary by state and by employer policy; the file reports what you enter and does not decide what anyone is entitled to.
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