How can mentoring software support new-hire onboarding?
Pair each new hire with a buddy or mentor in a 1:1 match. They get a place to message, schedule meetings and set goals, and you can see whether the pair is meeting. A buddy answers practical questions, and a mentor supports growth over a longer term. Many teams run the buddy first.
How does matching choose a buddy or mentor?
Matching scores four things for every pair: skills, goals, seniority and availability. A new hire who wants to learn the product, for example, can be matched with an available colleague who has that skill and enough seniority to guide them.
How do you run each hiring wave as a cohort?
A cohort is a dated intake. Its phase, which is upcoming, active or ended, is read from its start and end dates. When one wave ends, an admin can prepare the next intake from it and reuse the setup. A pair that continues keeps its existing match, so messages and goals carry across.
Where do you start with a new-hire program?
Start with the new-hire buddy program template. It is a one-page plan covering who qualifies as a buddy, what a buddy does, a first-weeks checklist and when the role hands over. Then run one wave on the Free Pilot, which covers up to 10 participants.
When the buddy period ends, a new hire can move into a longer mentoring match. See how matching works and the Program in a Box guide for the wider program.
Common questions
- Can mentoring software support new-hire onboarding?
- MentorStack pairs each new hire with a buddy or mentor in a 1:1 match, and matching scores skills, goals, seniority and availability. Each hiring wave can run as a cohort with its own start and end dates. A New Hire Onboarding program template presets the matching defaults.
- How do cohorts work for hiring waves?
- A cohort is a dated intake. Its phase, upcoming, active or ended, is read from its start and end dates, and it records the program template it was created from. Admins can prepare the next intake from a launched cohort and reuse its setup once the source cohort has ended.
- What does matching score for a new hire?
- Matching scores skills, goals, seniority and availability on every plan, and Growth and above can add cross-functional department fit. Each suggestion shows its score and a short written reason. In admin-guided programs an admin approves each match before the new hire is notified.
- Does a new hire get a first-step checklist?
- Once a match is active, both people see a welcome card on the match page. Mentees see three steps: review the match, schedule the first meeting, and set a goal together. Mentors see two steps. The steps tick themselves when a meeting is scheduled or a goal is added.