New hire onboarding
This page summarizes the onboarding process for new employees at Northwind Consulting. It agrees with the "New Hire Onboarding Overview" page in the document library.
Key rules
- IT provisions accounts, equipment and access rights within the first day.
- All onboarding activities must be completed within 10 working days of the start date.
Before you start
HR (Carol Nakamura and Jonas Berg) sends your welcome email a week before your start date. It includes your start time, your office location, your buddy's name and the forms to complete. Your manager raises the access requests for your role so that everything is ready on day one; see Request access.
Your first day
- Meet your buddy and your manager at your office, or on a video call if you start remotely.
- Collect your laptop. IT will already have created your accounts and issued your equipment. Follow Laptop setup.
- Sign in and enrol in multi-factor authentication. MFA is mandatory for everyone under POL-IT-003, and passwords must be at least 14 characters. See Password manager and MFA.
- Install the VPN client.
- Read the wiki home page and the glossary.
The 10-working-day checklist
| By | Task | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Laptop, accounts and access provisioned | IT |
| Day 1 | MFA enrolled, password manager set up | You |
| Day 2 | Meet your team and review your first project | Manager |
| Day 3 | Review your HR policies, including leave (POL-HR-001) and remote work (POL-HR-004) | You |
| Day 5 | Complete security awareness training | You |
| Day 5 | Benefits enrolment questions answered | HR |
| Day 8 | Meet your delivery manager to plan your first assignment | Manager |
| Day 10 | Onboarding sign-off with HR | You and HR |
Policies you must read
- POL-HR-001 Leave (22 days annual leave, effective 2026-01-01).
- POL-HR-004 Remote Work (up to 3 days a week, core hours 10:00 to 15:00 local time).
- POL-IT-003 Passwords and Access.
- POL-FIN-002 Travel and Expense, see Submit expenses.
If something is missing
If any account or piece of equipment is not ready on day one, raise a ticket as described in Report an incident or ask Bob Kessler's service desk. If you are not finished within 10 working days, tell HR so it can be tracked. Not sure who to ask? See Who to ask.
Next steps
Read about Benefits, Career levels and your office in Offices.
Owner: Sofia Lindqvist - Last updated: 2026-05-18