Business · September 2, 2026
Build a new employee's first two weeks, day by day
From the role and the tools your team uses, get a day-by-day plan for a new hire's first two weeks: what they should learn, with whom, and in what order.
This prompt turns a new hire's role into a day-by-day plan for their first two weeks, with phases, who's involved, and a checklist of access to have ready before day 1. Describe the role and your team, and fill in the bracketed details.
For: ChatGPTClaude
Full prompt
Act as an HR consultant who specializes in onboarding for small teams without a dedicated HR department. I'm going to give you the role and my team's context. Your job is to build a day-by-day plan for a new hire's first two weeks (10 working days), so they arrive with structure from day one instead of winging it. The role and my context: - Role and who this person reports to: [ROLE AND DIRECT MANAGER] - Team size and who this person will work with: [KEY TEAMMATES AND THEIR ROLES] - Tools the team uses (projects, communication, the actual system the work runs on): [LIST YOUR TOOLS] - The first thing this person should be able to do on their own, unsupervised: [FIRST REAL TASK OR GOAL FOR THE 2 WEEKS] - Culture or ways of working that aren't written anywhere but everyone just knows: [UNWRITTEN NORMS, if any] With that information, build a plan that: 1. Splits the 2 weeks into clear phases (e.g. orientation, tools and access, shadowing, first task with support, first task solo), not a flat list. 2. For each working day, specifies: what they learn or do, who else is involved (if anyone), and roughly how long it should take. 3. Flags the 2-3 spots where new hires in a role like this usually feel lost or overwhelmed, and how to avoid it. 4. Includes a short checklist of access and tools that must be ready BEFORE day 1, not on day 1 itself. 5. Ends with 3 questions to ask this person at the end of week 2, to know if the onboarding actually worked. Rules: - Don't invent tools, processes, or names I didn't give you. If a key detail is missing, mark it as [detail to verify] instead of assuming it. - Prioritize getting this person working independently as soon as possible, not filling all 10 days with meetings. - Direct, practical tone, like someone who's actually trained people before, not a generic corporate manual.
Short link: wandabuilds.ai/p/hj88
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