As a hiring manager, you play a critical role in ensuring a smooth and successful onboarding process for your new employee. To help you navigate this important process, we have developed a comprehensive checklist that covers all the essential tasks and categories to ensure a successful acclimation to our university. This checklist is designed to provide you with a tool to streamline onboarding and adopt "best practices" across the university. 

By following this checklist, you will be well on your way to ensuring a successful onboarding experience for your new employee. We hope this tool will help you level up your onboarding knowledge and provide a framework to help you onboard new employees effectively.

While onboarding is viewed primarily as the hiring manager's responsibility, it is important to remember that effective onboarding often requires a concerted effort from a diverse team including, but not limited to, Human Resources, IT, and the new employee's department. Collaboration and synchronization between these different groups are crucial to delivering a seamless and constructive onboarding experience. 

Organizational Learning also provides level-specific leadership development programs and LinkedIn Learning resource collections for hiring managers to be successful in their roles. 

Download or Print the Onboarding Checklist for Managers

Use your U-M ID and login credentials to access an editable version of the onboarding checklist for managers​​​​​​ in Google Drive. This checklist is routinely updated, please revisit and download with each new hire. To print this webpage, follow the printing instructions designed for your device.

Plan for Your Employee's Onboarding Journey

Questions?

Do you have questions or are you willing to provide feedback to the U-M Onboarding team? Email [email protected].