Draft
Brief
Welcome a new-hire cohort
Give it the first-week plan, tools, and contacts; get a warm welcome that is genuinely useful on day one.
The prompt
Draft a welcome email for new hires starting [this month / on date].
Context: who’s starting: [number of people across departments]. What their first week looks like: [orientation schedule]. Key tools to set up: [list]. Their onboarding checklist: [link]. Who to contact: [buddy program, IT help, HR].
Audience: new employees who have not yet met most colleagues and don’t know our acronyms.
Tone: warm and encouraging; genuinely helpful, not just cheerful.
Must include:
– A welcome that sounds like a person wrote it
– “Your first week” (3 things to expect)
– “Set yourself up” (3 quick actions)
– Who to contact for what
– A CTA button: “View your onboarding checklist”
Constraints: under 250 words; no internal acronyms without spelling them out.
Output: a subject line and the email with headings and a CTA button. Leave [brackets] wherever you need a detail from me.
Works in
CoAuthorHow to use
Spell out every acronym in Context — new hires don’t know them, and CoAuthor will keep whatever you give it.
The prompt
Draft a welcome email for new hires starting [this month / on date].
Context: who’s starting: [number of people across departments]. What their first week looks like: [orientation schedule]. Key tools to set up: [list]. Their onboarding checklist: [link]. Who to contact: [buddy program, IT help, HR].
Audience: new employees who have not yet met most colleagues and don’t know our acronyms.
Tone: warm and encouraging; genuinely helpful, not just cheerful.
Must include:
– A welcome that sounds like a person wrote it
– “Your first week” (3 things to expect)
– “Set yourself up” (3 quick actions)
– Who to contact for what
– A CTA button: “View your onboarding checklist”
Constraints: under 250 words; no internal acronyms without spelling them out.
Output: a subject line and the email with headings and a CTA button. Leave [brackets] wherever you need a detail from me.
