The First Week

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 Goal: Continue to integrate your new hire into the culture of your workplace and allow them to navigate unscheduled worktime. 

  • You are encouraged to share a meal with your new hire and team. To help facilitate this meal, new hires in Student Life will receive a meal card in their new employee welcome bag (picked up prior to the employee's start date from Student Life Employee Experience in C4C S380) to use in the campus dining halls.
  • Have a "style and culture” meeting with new hire. This conversation should focus on the culture of your department including unspoken “rules” that will help your new hire to thrive.
  • Have a “roles and responsibilities” meeting with new hire. This conversation should focus on why you hired them and what you are expecting of them. Discuss divisional policies, communication, etc. 
  • Have a check-in meeting with your new hire at least three times during their first week.
  • Have new hire complete a department/unit orientation.
    • The onboarding program manager is available to meet with the supervisor/hiring manager to develop a departmental/unit orientation.
    • Departmental Orientation may include:
      • Organizational charts
      • Mission/goal and how it fits into CU’s larger goals
      • Typical work week
      • Introduction to other colleagues
      • Understand why their role is important to the greater whole
      • Networking exercises
      • History
      • An introduction to upline leadership
      • Diversity and inclusion Initiatives
  • Discuss Divisional policies, communications, and resources with your new hire.
  • Update any directory information on websites/bulletins, etc. regarding your new hire.
  • If your new hire will use KRONOS timekeeping, sign them up for KRONOS training.  
  • Get new hire added to team/department recurring meetings.
  • Ensure new hire is getting all paperwork done in MyCUInfo portal including tax forms, employment forms, and time tracking system specific to their role.
    • If you are onboarding a supervisor, train them on how to approve timesheets
  • Get new hire added to appropriate departmental email distribution lists, Teams, etc. 
  • Schedule time for your new hire to pick up their Buff OneCard. If they attended QuickStart, they will be aware of how to request their Buff OneCard.
    • Pickup at C4C N180, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  • Ensure new hire is granted building access once they have picked up their Buff OneCard.
  • Schedule time for your new hire to complete their I-9 Section 2 (no formal appointment required). If they attended QuickStart, they will be aware this needs to be completed within three days of their start date and the appropriate documentation to bring.
    • Complete at either location: 
      • ARC, third floor, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 
      • Regent basement, Monday-Wednesday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Review the following procurement and travel items for Student Life Business Services: 

For new staff members that will have authority to request or make purchases on the department's behalf (examples include: PCard, requesting POs, approving invoices, etc.):