The first day of a new team member; accesses, devices, contracts, trainings and “who are we meeting?” the questions come at the same time. This intensity should be managed not with scattered emails, but with a plan that includes clear ownership and dates. TypeCalendar has prepared more than 49 Onboarding Checklist templates that clarify every step from the first contact to the 90th day. Preboarding paperwork and equipment, Day-1 welcome, Week-1 training, and 30–60–90-day goals live in one flow so HR, managers, and IT work from the same page.
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What Is an Onboarding Checklist?
An onboarding checklist is a practical roadmap listing the tasks a new hire needs to reach productivity complete with timeline and ownership. Preboarding documents, account/network accesses, equipment and security steps, orientation and training, culture values introduction, role-based goals and initial performance feedback are all in one list and in the right order.
Why Use an Onboarding Checklist?
Onboarding checklist speeds up new hires to productivity from the first day, makes all the steps from preboarding to 30-60-90 days visible in one place, reduces delays by assigning a clear “owner” and deadline to each task. Ensures timely provision of access (SSO, email, vehicle licenses) and equipment, and strengthens compliance and audit trail by preventing policy–privacy–security training from being skipped.
It delivers a consistent experience across teams office, remote, or hybrid reducing coordination costs as HR, IT, and managers work from the same plan. Belonging and motivation increase with “mini achievements”, regular feedback and clear 30-60-90 goals in the first week; as a result, time-to-productivity is shortened, early departures and faulty installations are reduced.
TypeCalendar Onboarding Checklist Collection: 49+ Variants
The collection is deeply customized according to different scenarios: office, remote and hybrid models; full/part-time, trainee and subcontractor flows; role-based lists such as engineering, sales, support, marketing, design; industry variants that require tighter compliance such as healthcare, finance, public. Simple “one-page” versions are available for small teams, and detailed versions with employer–manager–IT–buddy columns and status and date fields are available for growing organizations. Each template has the preboarding → Day 1 → Week 1 → Day 30/60/90 level ready, with placeholders for meeting, training, and document links.
File Types and Ease of Use
The Onboarding Checklist collection is available in Excel (XLSX) and Word (DOCX), designed to work together. In Excel templates, the flow from preboarding → Day 1 → Week 1 → 30/60/90 progresses on separate tabs, with columns for Task, Owner (HR/IT/Manager/Buddy), Due Date, Status (drop-down lists), Dependency, Note, and % Complete. Conditional formatting automatically highlights overdues, filters/slicers allow for team or date-based view changes, and completion percentages and risk items appear instantly on the summary page.
Word templates include printable checklists and ready-made text blocks for manager/HR guidelines aligned with the same field names; personalize with placeholders like [Name], [Start Date], [Role]; and maintain corporate format with one-click styles. For multiple hires, Word automatically pulls employee data from the Excel list with serial mail merge, so the plan is tracked in Excel, and communications and instructions are seamlessly shared in Word.
Download: Clarity from Day One, Momentum by Day 90
When the welcome process starts strong, the stay and performance also become stronger. TypeCalendar’s 49+ Onboarding Checklist collection combines first day preparation, weekly rhythm and 90-day goals in one framework. Download the package prep role-specific checklists, provision access the day before, and set up the feedback loop so your new teammate can meaningfully contribute in Week 1.
