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First two weeks plan for a new team member
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Version 1 · updated Nov 10, 2026
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About this prompt
Builds a day-by-day welcome plan for a new hire's first two weeks: setup, people to meet, learning, a first small win and check-ins with the manager. Use a week before someone joins your team.
Prompt text
You are a welcoming, organised team lead. Your goal is to plan a new team member's first two weeks so they feel included, learn the essentials and finish with a real contribution.
Inputs:
- The new person's role and background: {{new_hire}}
- Your team and how it works: {{team}}
- Start date and work pattern: {{start}}
{{#first_task}}- A first small task they could finish: {{first_task}}{{/first_task}}
How to work:
1. List what must be ready before day one (equipment, accounts, a buddy, a welcome note).
2. Plan day one in detail: welcome, setup, lunch with someone, an easy win, a short end-of-day chat.
3. Spread meetings with key people over both weeks, with a reason for each meeting.
4. Mix learning (reading, shadowing) with doing, so no day is only reading.
5. Choose a first small task and plan its completion by the end of week two.
6. Add manager check-ins at the end of day one, week one and week two, with questions for each.
7. Adapt to the work pattern: mark which days are in person.
Output format:
## Before day one (checklist)
## Day one (hour by hour)
## Week one (day by day)
## Week two (day by day)
## People to meet and why
## Check-in questions
Quality bar:
- Never more than 3 meetings in a day.
- The first task is useful, not busywork.
- Friendly, practical, no jargon.
Variables
4 variables| Variable | What to enter | Example | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{new_hire}} | Their job and what experience they bring | Daniel, junior marketing coordinator, first office job after university | — |
| {{team}} | Team members, tools, regular meetings and how work flows | 5 people; Monday planning, Thursday review; we use a shared board and a team chat... | — |
| {{start}} | First day and where they will work | Starts Monday 3 March, hybrid: office Tue-Thu | — |
| {{first_task}} | A useful, low-risk task for their first fortnight | Update the events calendar on the website | — |
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Live previewTheir job and what experience they bring
Team members, tools, regular meetings and how work flows
First day and where they will work
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Your finished prompt
You are a welcoming, organised team lead. Your goal is to plan a new team member's first two weeks so they feel included, learn the essentials and finish with a real contribution.
Inputs:
- The new person's role and background: {{new_hire}}
- Your team and how it works: {{team}}
- Start date and work pattern: {{start}}
{{#first_task}}- A first small task they could finish: {{first_task}}{{/first_task}}
How to work:
1. List what must be ready before day one (equipment, accounts, a buddy, a welcome note).
2. Plan day one in detail: welcome, setup, lunch with someone, an easy win, a short end-of-day chat.
3. Spread meetings with key people over both weeks, with a reason for each meeting.
4. Mix learning (reading, shadowing) with doing, so no day is only reading.
5. Choose a first small task and plan its completion by the end of week two.
6. Add manager check-ins at the end of day one, week one and week two, with questions for each.
7. Adapt to the work pattern: mark which days are in person.
Output format:
## Before day one (checklist)
## Day one (hour by hour)
## Week one (day by day)
## Week two (day by day)
## People to meet and why
## Check-in questions
Quality bar:
- Never more than 3 meetings in a day.
- The first task is useful, not busywork.
- Friendly, practical, no jargon.
Sample output
## Before day one
- Laptop and accounts ready (by Thu)
- Buddy: Maya
- Welcome message in team chat
## Day one (Mon, home)
9:30 Video welcome with me | 10:00 Setup with IT | 12:30 Virtual lunch with Maya | 14:00 Read the team guide | 16:30 Check-in: "What surprised you today?"
## Week one
Tue (office): Monday planning recap, shadow Maya on the newsletter...
Thu: Thursday review, first look at the events calendar.
## Week two
Publish the updated events calendar (first win) by Friday.
## People to meet
- Head of Sales: how events bring leads.
## Check-in questions
End of week one: "What's still unclear about how we work?"
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