New employees
What is New Employees?
New Employees is the dedicated area on the SharePoint intranet designed to welcome and introduce new team members to the company. This feature allows HR and department leads to showcase recent hires, helping everyone recognize and connect with new colleagues.
New Employees supports smoother onboarding by fostering a sense of belonging and encouraging early engagement. Each profile includes key details such as role, department, and a short bio, making it easier for existing staff to reach out and collaborate.
The web part has a dual display: by clicking on a new employee’s profile, users can view their background and responsibilities. This visibility promotes internal networking and helps build a more connected workplace from day one.
Add the New Emplyees web part to a SharePoint page
If your page is not already in edit mode, click Edit at the top right of the page.
Hover your mouse above or below an existing web part and you'll see a line with a circled +, like this:
Click on it and, in the web part search box, enter Job to quickly find and select the Job Posting web part, which is named “IAI – New Employees”
Click the Edit properties button on the left of the web part to open the property pane and set options such as View settings, List and field settings, General settings and more. See below for more information on each of these options.
Configuration
Filters
Field settings
Layout settings
The layout settings allow you to customize the appearance of your application by adjusting various settings.
By opening this first configuration, you will see the following options:
Do you want to hide the background? You can choose to hide or display the webpart background the default setting is “No”. This means that, by default, the webpart is characterized by a white background. If you enable this option, the white card background will be completely removed, allowing the content to appear directly on the page. As a result, the webpart will be transparent, showing either the selected background image or the chosen SharePoint page color.
Do you want to hide the background shadow? You can choose whether to show or hide the background shadow. The default setting is “No”. This means that, by default, the webpart is characterized by a subtle depth effect that can make the webpart stand out more against the rest of the page. If you enable this option, the shadow behind the background will be removed, giving the web part a flatter, cleaner look without any depth.
Select the type of background shadow: if you decide to set the background shadow, a further configuration will appear and you can select the style from High Contrast, Light, or Dark options.
If you select High contrast, this option creates a strong, bold shadow effect that provides a high level of contrast between the background and the content.
By choosing the Light background shadow, it will create a soft and subtle effect, giving a more delicate and gentle depth to the background.
Finally, the Dark background shadow style provides a darker, more intense effect, adding depth and emphasizing the background even more.
Do you want to hide the title? Here you can select whether to show the webpart title or hide it. If set to visible, the web part title will appear on the left side.
Enter the application title: Thanks to this configuration, you can customize the application title. If you keep it blank, SharePoint will show the default title “Job Posting” at the top left angle of the webpart.
Data sources
Query type: select the People Directory data source, which can be either SharePoint or EntraID. Since a SharePoint list can contain a maximum of 5,000 items, companies with more than 5,000 employees will be required to use Graph as the data source. For companies with fewer than 5,000 employees, the choice will be the SharePoint list of the People Directory, which is synchronized daily with Azure AD contacts.
Enter the site URL where the People directory list has been installed. For example: https://intranetai.sharepoint.com/sites/my-hub/
Choose the People list: select People directory list.
Insert the url where the People page is located within the intranet.
Filters
The function allows users to filter profiles based on hiring dates, enabling targeted and dynamic selection.
Filter by days: users can set a specific time range (e.g., “last 30 days) to display only the profiles hired within that period
Display settings
Do you want to hide the profile image? You can choose to hide or display the profile image. The default setting is “No”. This means that, by default, the webpart is characterized by the absence of profile picture.
Do you want to hide the Teams icon? You can choose to hide or display the Teams Icon. The default setting is “No”. This means that, by default, the webpart is characterized by the absence of this icon.
Do you want to hide the Email icon? You can choose to hide or display the Email Icon. The default setting is “No”. This means that, by default, the webpart is characterized by the absence of this icon.
Field settings
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