Creating a New Hire Onboarding Dashboard

Modified on Tue, Mar 5 at 12:45 PM

This job aid provides managers with step-by-step instructions for setting up their new hire’s onboarding dashboard in Workday.


Creating a New Hire Onboarding Dashboard

From the Workday Home page:

  • Under Awaiting Your Action, click the Onboarding Setup for Hire inbox task.
  • Complete the Onboarding Setup page for the new hire.


Note: The Onboarding Dashboard is pre-populated with a generic message to the new hire, but this field is completely customizable.


  • Under the People to Meet tab, add each employee that you believe the new hire should meet with and be introduced to. You can click the X to remove an employee from the list, and choose the  icon to add additional employees.


Note: Check the Notify box if you'd like the employees selected to receive an email notification that they have been added to this list. 


  • Under the Helpful Contacts tab, add each employee that you feel would be a helpful contact for the new employee. You can click the X to remove an employee from the list, and choose the  icon to add additional employees.


Note: Check the Notify box if you'd like the employees selected to receive an email notification that they have been added to this list. You can customize the email notification message:


  • Click Submit.

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