Questions to ask a new hire
- Checklist items
- 37
- Items due before or on day one
- 17
- Items due in the first 30 days
- 20
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. The only constants HeadcountDesk supplies are the published federal payroll tax rates and the overtime multiplier, each cited where it is used. The defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
Questions to ask a new hire, at the three moments they earn their keep: before day one, the questionnaire's practical items; at the end of week one, whether the machinery of onboarding worked; and at the end of month one, whether the job is the one described and what nearly went wrong. Each answer maps to a checklist fix or a retention signal. The onboarding checklist on this site carries all three sets, free and without an account; HeadcountDesk Pro sends them and files the answers against the employee.
Try the free tools Free to use. No account, no card, no sign-up.
Before day one
The practical set: name and contacts, tax and bank forms, I-9 documents, equipment and access, accommodations. Collected in one questionnaire so day one is about the job.
End of week one
Was everything ready? Did you know where to go and who to ask? Was your first task real work? What confused you that we should fix for the next person? Each no becomes a checklist change.
End of month one
Is the job as described? What has not landed in training? What has been hardest? What would have made you look elsewhere? These are the retention questions, and gallup puts the cost of replacing an employee at one-half to two times the employee's annual salary, and calls that a conservative estimate.
Asked by a person, answered to a person
From the manager, in a conversation with notes, not a form into a void; and the follow-through on last month's answers is what makes next month's honest. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
Questions to ask a new hire: common questions
What should I ask a new hire in week one?
Whether the practical setup worked and what confused them; every answer is a checklist fix.
What should I ask at thirty days?
Whether the job matches what was described, what has not landed, and what nearly made them look elsewhere.
Is the checklist free?
Yes, with no account. Pro sends the check-ins and files the answers.
Will it do what you need for Questions to ask a new hire?
Tell us what your business needs and we will tell you straight whether HeadcountDesk Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.