Kickstart employee onboarding with our top 6 Confluence templates

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Your new hire has just joined the team, and they're excited to get stuck in. How do you build momentum without overwhelming them with pages and pages of information? With Confluence templates, that’s how!

We’ve pulled together our favourite six templates designed to take the stress out of creating great team resources. Let’s get started.

Why do templates matter for onboarding?

Templates make onboarding documents consistent, professional, and easy to set up, meaning you spend less time creating something that makes a great impression.
 

• Quickly build customised pages at scale: Save time and energy on pages that you’ll need to create more than once. Simply load up the template, change the information, and you’re ready to go.
  
  
• Maintain brand consistency and grow trust: With preset structures and styling, onboarding documents look clean and professional across the board. This helps newcomers to feel more confident in the company.
  
  
• Have a single source of truth for everyone: By using templates like the company handbook, you can help unify scattered information into one place for everyone to refer to when they need, not just your new hires.

Built-in Confluence Cloud templates

Get started quickly and for free with the following three templates that you can find in Confluence today.

📖 1. Share important company information with an employee handbook

Starting at a new company can be daunting, especially if company details are disjointed or hard to find. This template gets you off the ground by keeping everything organised in one handy place, making onboarding quicker and giving newbies more confidence in the company.

📝 2. Help employees say hello with an introductory blog

Looking for a great way to help new hires introduce themselves to the team? With an introductory blog, they can let others know what they’re about. Linking to introductory blogs from your company hub (see template #6) builds familiarity with minimum effort and provides perfect conversation starters for other members of the team.

🚀 3. Think long-term with a career development plan

Employees who advance in the first two years of joining are 20% more likely to stay with a company. So once your new starter has settled in, it’s time to plan for the future. This template makes it easy to support employee growth, helping them reach the next rung on the career ladder quicker.

Go further with third-party templates

Whether you want your new joiners to be wowed by your company branding or just make information that bit easier to digest, templates that use advanced content formatting elements can make your onboarding materials memorable and engaging.

You can find templates included in third-party apps available on the Atlassian Marketplace. We highlight our favourite three from Mosaic for Confluence below.

👋 4. Welcome newcomers with an onboarding page 

A great onboarding page shares vital information, useful contacts, and helpful resources that make the first few weeks easier for new team members. This template gives visual links to the most important team resources – it’s the perfect way to help someone feel comfortable in a new role.

👤 5. Get to know each other with user profiles

Your new hire likely won’t be working alone, and giving them the best possible introduction to their team will help build relationships quicker. With visual cards displaying photos, names, and roles, this template helps new joiners put faces to names and humanises your workspace.

🎯 6. Break down silos with a company hub

Where an employee handbook shares policies and benefits, a company hub is the heart of your organisation. This template provides employees with everything they need to truly understand what your company is about and connect with the right people. It's the perfect way to roll out the welcome mat for your new joiners.

Already have a company hub? Check out our article for ways to make it more engaging.

Each of these templates does the heavy lifting for you, helping you focus on what matters most: building a high-performing and engaged team from day one.

How do you create a great onboarding experience in Confluence? Let us know in the comments! 👇

[Damon Tucker]

I haven't created an experience yet but this appears to be a great starting point.

Am I missing the links to the templates ? I'm going to go search for them but just thought that would be a nice thing. Maybe I'll find them and come back and post.