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 Affairs will receive a meal card in their new employee welcome bag (picked upprior to the employee's start date from SA HR 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, .
  • 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 SA 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.):

  • If the new hire needs the Marketplace shopper role, have them complete the required Skillsoft courses below and then complete the Marketplace Shopper Access Request form.
    • Recommended
    • Recommended
  • If the new hire needs a PCard, have them complete the required Skillsoft courses below and then complete the
  • If the new hire will be traveling on university business soon or will be expected to travel frequently and needs a travel card, have them complete the required Skillsoft courses below and then complete the
  • Refer to the SA Business Servicesfor introductory information on purchasing and travel at the university.