1 year ago

The reason why you went with a senior hire is clear: You want someone with experience who will require less onboarding and can solve problems faster, someone who can work on more complex tasks, someone who can understand and bring your system — maybe even your organization — to the next level. So you do a shorter onboarding (it’s a senior, right?) and start throwing some tasks at them.

So here are a few ideas you could try out with a new senior hire: Give Them a Challenging Task Early On

That way, you’re also allowing the senior hire to connect with other seniors in the company.

You expect the senior hire to behave like a senior, and the senior hire expects to be treated as one.