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One smaller thing I liked in my career was a job where each new hire was given charge of updating, improving, and editing the "new hire" wiki, which was started
by digisign 5y ago
One smaller thing I liked in my career was a job where each new hire was given charge of updating, improving, and editing the "new hire" wiki, which was started by the old hands.
It included a brief history of the system, glossary, tutorial, reference links, etc. New hires are expected to ask questions and improve/update it as they go along.
Pretty darn useful. Meant most boring, repetitive questions were quickly answered from "cache."
- JohnCClarke 5y ago+1 for this! I've always done this with my teams. And the latest hire becomes the "onboarding buddy" for the next, so they know they need to understand/update the documentation. Also, it's really useful to keep a backlog of simple "technical debt" type tasks so that the new starters have something real, but manageable, to work on as soon as they arrive.
- digisign 5y agoMore good ideas. These allow the interesting questions to float up naturally for the experienced folks to answer, so they not only tolerate answering, but actually enjoy it.
- a9h74j 5y agoExcellent. 1) Takes advantage of "beginners mind." 2) Provides an outlet for notes an ambitious improver-of-things will be taking anyway.