SQLBits 2023

The Top 5 Must-Cares for On-Boarding New Team Members

Technical on-boarding of new team members is one thing, integrating the person and its personality in the team is much more important! Join this session if you want to hear about our team on-boarding process, the prearrangements before the new colleague arrives, the welcome experience (we have cake for everyone) and how we try to make the start into our team a very good experience for everyone.
Technical on-boarding of new team members is one thing, integrating the person and its personality in the team is much more important!
Whenever it comes to the day a new team member is ready to join our team, we've already gone through a list of preparatory actions to make these first days good days for every side of the story.
Our team on-boarding process has gone through many iterations in the past years and especially the pandemic led to (massive) changes. In this session, Michaela and Wolfgang will talk about their top 5 (or more) actions for a successful colleague on-boarding. Some examples to mention include our tradition of a welcome cake and an assigned mentor for every new team member.