Professional onboarding

The first weeks in a new job bring a stream of unfamiliar language and habits, and this page helps new starters settle in. It covers workplace acronyms, remote and hybrid working, meeting etiquette, and email and chat etiquette. Learners practise decoding the shorthand colleagues use, thinking about how to work well when the team is split across home and office, behaving sensibly in meetings, and choosing the right tone and channel for a message. The games give new employees a relaxed way to check what they have picked up, without the pressure of a formal test.

Trainers and people teams can use a game in a welcome session, as a short check at the end of the first week, or as a team activity that helps new colleagues get to know each other while learning. It also works as a refresher when a team moves to a new way of working. Teachers of business studies, careers education or PSHE can use the games as a starter or recap before work experience or an apprenticeship interview. In a live session, a trainer can stop on any acronym or habit that causes confusion and explain it straight away.

Matching pairs is the natural choice for acronyms, linking each abbreviation to its meaning. Multiple-choice quizzes suit remote and hybrid working as well as email and chat etiquette, because the best answer often depends on the situation and several options sound reasonable. True or false suits meeting etiquette, where a short statement about good practice can be accepted or challenged quickly. Anyone can try a game with Play now and no sign-up, and a host can run it live for a new starter group, a department or a class. Short rounds suit a busy first week, and each one can be repeated whenever a refresher helps.