Welcome New Hires!
The New Hires web part is a useful tool to welcome and introduce the new employees who joined your company recently. It displays a list of new hires with their title, location, and manager. You can also see their start date and a photo if available. The web part uses either an Excel file or a SharePoint list as a source for the new hire data. You can specify which source to use in the web part settings.
How does the New Hires web part work?
The New Hires web part is easy to use and configure. You just need to add the web part to your SharePoint page, and it will automatically pick up the birthday and anniversary dates from a SharePoint List or an Excel file. You can specify the location of the List or Excel file in the settings of the Web Part.
Why is New Hires important in the workplace?
The New Hires web part helps you create a positive and engaging onboarding experience for your new employees. It allows you to recognize their contributions and talents, and connect them with their colleagues and the company culture. Research shows that a good onboarding process can improve employee retention by 82% and productivity by over 70%1. By using the New Hires web part, you can show your new employees that you care about them and that they are part of a great team. 😊
Don’t miss the opportunity to recognize and welcome your teammates. Add New Hires to your SharePoint today and make your workplace a happier and more productive place!
How to Set up?
- Download the New Hires SharePoint app from the Microsoft SharePoint app store.
- Your Microsoft SharePoint administrator needs to install the app in your tenant’s app catalog.
- Once the app is installed in SharePoint, you can add it as a web part to a SharePoint page.
- Proceed with editing the SharePoint page, selecting where you want to add the web part, click on the ‘Add a new web part’ button and search for ‘New Hires’.
- When the web part is added to the page, you can select the ‘Edit web part’ button to enter the settings area and configure the web part.
- In settings, you can change the web part title and select your SharePoint List or Excel file as a source of dates to New Hires.
- These are the instructions required to create the SharePoint List.
- Alternatively, The Excel Template can be downloaded here.
- Once the web part is added to the page and configured correctly, you can publish the page.
- Every person that loads the SharePoint page will see a list of upcoming New Hires for their workers.