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Free Onboarding Guide

New team member onboarding for first 30 days

Welcome What You'll Need Getting Started Key Concepts First Tasks Where to Get Help
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Onboarding Guide

Use this template to new team member onboarding for first 30 days.

Template Metadata

Field Details
Category Training
Owner [Team or owner]
Version [Version number]
Effective Date [Date]
Review Cycle [Monthly / Quarterly / Annual / Event-based]
Status [Draft / In Review / Approved]

Welcome

Warm introduction to the team/product.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

What You'll Need

Accounts, software, access to request.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

Getting Started

Step-by-step initial setup.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

Key Concepts

4-6 fundamental concepts explained simply.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

First Tasks

3-5 concrete tasks for the first week.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

Where to Get Help

Documentation, contacts, channels, and support resources. Use encouraging language. Keep paragraphs short.

Item Details Owner Status
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]
[Item or requirement] [Describe the relevant detail, evidence, or decision] [Owner] [Open / Complete]

Notes

[Add context, assumptions, exceptions, evidence links, screenshots, calculations, or reviewer comments.]

Review and Signoff

Document review conclusions, approvals, unresolved items, and next review date.

Role Name Date Notes
Preparer [Name] [Date] [Notes]
Reviewer [Name] [Date] [Notes]
Approver [Name] [Date] [Notes]

Template Structure

What the Onboarding Guide Includes

Use this training template as a starting point, then customize each section to match your internal workflow, evidence, and signoff needs.

1

Welcome

Warm introduction to the team/product.

2

What You'll Need

Accounts, software, access to request.

3

Getting Started

Step-by-step initial setup.

4

Key Concepts

4-6 fundamental concepts explained simply.

5

First Tasks

3-5 concrete tasks for the first week.

6

Where to Get Help

Documentation, contacts, channels, and support resources. Use encouraging language. Keep paragraphs short.

Recommended Structure

Write an Onboarding Guide in a welcoming, encouraging tone. Structure with:

Welcome

Warm introduction to the team/product.

What You'll Need

Accounts, software, access to request.

Getting Started

Step-by-step initial setup.

Key Concepts

4-6 fundamental concepts explained simply.

First Tasks

3-5 concrete tasks for the first week.

Where to Get Help

Documentation, contacts, channels, and support resources.

Use encouraging language. Keep paragraphs short.

Example Filled Template

Welcome to the Platform Engineering Team!

Welcome

Welcome aboard! We're excited to have you on the team. Platform Engineering is responsible for the infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and developer tooling that powers Acme. Our mission: make every engineer's life easier.

You're going to do great. This guide will get you set up and productive in your first week.

What You'll Need

Request these on your first day (IT can help):

  • [ ] GitHub access — ask your manager to add you to the platform-eng team
  • [ ] AWS console access (read-only to start) — request via IT portal
  • [ ] Slack channels: #platform-eng, #incidents, #deploy-notifications
  • [ ] VPN access — follow the VPN setup guide
  • [ ] Kubectl configured for staging cluster

Getting Started

  1. Clone the monorepo: git clone git@github.com:acme/platform.git
  2. Run the setup script: ./scripts/dev-setup.sh (installs dependencies, configures local environment)
  3. Verify everything works: make test — all tests should pass
  4. Deploy to staging: make deploy-staging — verify you can reach the staging URL

Key Concepts

  • Infrastructure as Code: All infra is defined in Terraform. No manual changes in the console.
  • GitOps: Deployments happen via merged PRs. ArgoCD syncs the cluster state to match main.
  • Service Mesh: Services communicate via Istio. No direct pod-to-pod networking.
  • Observability Stack: Datadog for metrics, Loki for logs, Tempo for traces.

First Tasks

  1. Pair with your buddy (assigned by your manager) on their current task — just observe and ask questions (~Day 1-2)
  2. Fix a "good first issue" from the backlog — your buddy will help pick one (~Day 3-5)
  3. Review a PR — even if you just add comments asking questions, it's valuable (~Day 3)
  4. Present what you learned at Friday's team standup — 2 minutes, informal (~Day 5)

Where to Get Help

  • Your buddy: First point of contact for any question
  • #platform-eng: Team channel — no question is too basic
  • Wiki: wiki.internal/platform-eng — architecture docs, runbooks, decision records
  • On-call: If something is on fire, page via /pd trigger platform-oncall
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Q: What is a onboarding Guide?

A: A onboarding Guide is a structured document for new team member onboarding for first 30 days.

Q: Can I download this onboarding Guide as Word or PDF?

A: Yes. This page includes free downloads in DOCX, PDF, and Markdown formats so you can edit, share, or import the template into your documentation system.

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