Employee Onboarding Checklist — Editable Word Template for HR Teams

Most onboarding "checklists" are one long bullet list that stops at Day 1. This one doesn't. It's a full editable Word template that carries a new hire from a signed offer all the way through a documented 90-day review — with an owner, a due date, and a notes field on every single task, so nothing quietly falls on the floor between HR, IT, Payroll, and the hiring manager.

 What's inside

• A visual six-checkpoint onboarding timeline (pre-boarding → Day 1 → Week 1 → 30/60/90 days)
• Six phase-by-phase checklists: Pre-Boarding, Day 1, Week 1, 30-Day, 60-Day, and 90-Day
• A dedicated IT & Systems Access tracker
• A Compliance & Documentation log (I-9, NDA, W-4, handbook, benefits, and more)
• A formal Manager, Buddy & HR sign-off page to close out onboarding
• A one-page "How to Use This Template" guide
• Delivered as an editable .docx plus a ready-to-share .pdf

 Who this is for

HR teams and hiring managers who are done reinventing the onboarding checklist from scratch for every new hire — or handing new employees a generic template that stops at "welcome aboard" and leaves the next three months to chance.

 Why it's different

Free templates are almost always a static list with no owner column and nothing past the first day. This one is built as a system: every task is assigned, every phase has a formal checkpoint, and IT/compliance tracking lives in its own auditable section — so you can answer "is this new hire's paperwork actually done?" in ten seconds.

 Format & technical notes

Works in Microsoft Word and Google Docs (upload the .docx directly). No macros, no add-ins, no subscription required. Fully editable — replace the bracketed placeholders, adjust owners and dates, and duplicate per new hire.

 Join HR teams already streamlining onboarding

Swap in real numbers here once you have sales/reviews (e.g. "Join the HR teams already using this to onboard with less back-and-forth").