Lab Onboarding Checklist | 5-Page New Team Member Planning Tool
Starting in a new lab already comes with a steep learning curve.
New team members should not also have to guess:
Where important resources are kept
Who to ask for help
How the lab actually communicates
What expectations are never written down
What progress should look like after the first few months
The Lab Onboarding Checklist is a 5-page printable tool designed to help PIs, lab managers, supervisors, and new team members create a clearer and more intentional onboarding process.
Instead of relying on scattered instructions and unwritten rules, use the checklist to organize essential logistics, resources, team norms, expectations, and early development milestones in one place.
What's Inside — 5 Pages
1. Before the Start Date
2. Essential Lab Logistics & Resources
3. Communication, Culture & Unwritten Norms
4. Roles, Responsibilities & Early Expectations
5. 30 / 90 / 180-Day Check-In Plan
The Lab Onboarding Checklist helps make that information visible from the beginning.
Use it when welcoming graduate students, postdocs, research assistants, technicians, visiting researchers, interns, or other new team members.
It can also be used to review and improve an existing onboarding process before the next person joins the lab.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 5-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
Lab Onboarding Checklist | 5-Page New Team Member Planning Tool
Starting in a new lab already comes with a steep learning curve.
New team members should not also have to guess:
Where important resources are kept
Who to ask for help
How the lab actually communicates
What expectations are never written down
What progress should look like after the first few months
The Lab Onboarding Checklist is a 5-page printable tool designed to help PIs, lab managers, supervisors, and new team members create a clearer and more intentional onboarding process.
Instead of relying on scattered instructions and unwritten rules, use the checklist to organize essential logistics, resources, team norms, expectations, and early development milestones in one place.
What's Inside — 5 Pages
1. Before the Start Date
2. Essential Lab Logistics & Resources
3. Communication, Culture & Unwritten Norms
4. Roles, Responsibilities & Early Expectations
5. 30 / 90 / 180-Day Check-In Plan
The Lab Onboarding Checklist helps make that information visible from the beginning.
Use it when welcoming graduate students, postdocs, research assistants, technicians, visiting researchers, interns, or other new team members.
It can also be used to review and improve an existing onboarding process before the next person joins the lab.
Digital download only. No physical item will be shipped.
You will receive a 5-page printable PDF available for download after purchase. Colors and print quality may vary depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded, reproduced for resale, or claimed as your own. Use is limited to the license stated on this product page and within the downloaded materials. Due to the digital nature of this product, purchases are generally nonrefundable after download. For technical download issues, contact gradlab.compass@gmail.com. For educational and instructional purposes only.
