Sentence Completion · Beginner Practice
Induction for New Staff — Programme Overview
13 questions · 20 min suggested · Lesson 27 of 31 · 30 XP
Starting a new role is both an opportunity and a source of pressure. The company's induction programme is designed to help new colleagues settle quickly and confidently, and to spread the load of learning over a reasonable length of time rather than cramming it into the first few days.
**Before you start.** About two weeks before your first day, you will receive a welcome email and a short pre-arrival guide. The guide contains practical information — where to go, when to arrive, what to bring — together with a brief introduction to the team you are joining and to the company's broad structure. There is no pre-reading obligation; the guide is simply there so that you are not arriving cold.
**Week 1.** The first week is deliberately quiet. You will meet your line manager and your buddy, complete any essential forms, go through the IT induction, and attend one or two short sessions on company processes. Meetings with wider colleagues are kept to a minimum: we want you to have time to find your feet, ask questions privately, and learn the geography of the building. There is no expectation that you will deliver any work output in the first week.
**Weeks 2 to 4.** From the second week, you will begin working on one or two small introductory tasks. These are chosen carefully: complex enough to teach you something real, but bounded enough that any mistakes can be caught and corrected quickly. You will continue to have a daily short check-in with your line manager at the end of each day during this period. The check-in is brief — ten minutes or so — and is an opportunity for you to raise questions that may have been piling up.
**Weeks 5 to 12.** During the rest of the first three months, you will move on to a normal pattern of work, with weekly one-to-ones replacing the daily check-ins. The company runs a series of short induction lunches for everyone who has joined in a particular quarter; these are useful both for meeting other new colleagues and for hearing how senior managers describe the organisation they lead.
**End of induction.** Formal induction ends at three months, though your line manager may extend the period for specific reasons. At that point, a short conversation with your manager reviews what you have learned, what is still missing, and what support you might need in the next stage of the probation.
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Questions 14–19
Sentence completion
- About two weeks before a new employee's first day, they receive a welcome email and a short ______ guide.
- The first week is deliberately quiet so that new staff can find their
- Small introductory tasks are chosen to be complex enough to teach something real but ______ enough that mistakes can be caught quickly.
- During weeks 2 to 4, line managers hold a short check-in at the end of each
- Weekly one-to-ones replace the daily check-ins during weeks 5 to
- The formal induction period ends at ______ months unless the line manager decides otherwise.
Questions 20–22
Multiple choice
- The company's current view of mentoring is that
- Peer mentoring pairs colleagues
- The standard duration of a mentoring pairing is
Questions 23–26
Matching Features
- A senior leader hears perspectives on new technologies from a recently joined employee.
- Two colleagues at a similar grade in different specialisms meet regularly to widen each other's view.
- A junior colleague meets once a month with a more senior member of a different team for career advice.
- A finance colleague and a marketing colleague at a similar grade meet to understand each other's problems.