Employee onboarding software
Every onboarding runs on schedule
HR onboarding from signed offer to end of probation: paperwork before day one, accounts on day one, a task for everyone, and check-ins after.
Onboarding breaks when it runs on memory
IT creates the account the morning the person arrives, the contract goes out in week 2, and HR retypes the offer, then asks around what's done.
Get contracts signed and details collected before day one
A new hire with a future start date gets a preboarding page instead of the full portal: a welcome, a countdown, their manager, and only the documents and surveys waiting for them. Answers save to the profile.
Set up accounts before the new hire arrives
Onboarding creates the Google Workspace account and sends the login details to the new hire's personal email. Signed requests pass employee data to your other tools. Each step runs on a date relative to the hire date.
Give everyone involved their own task
Tasks go by rule to the direct manager, IT, the team, or a buddy named in a custom field, with due dates, reminders, and the new hire's name in the title. The next step starts once every task is done.
Open the full portal once onboarding is done
At hire, HR picks the onboarding processes to launch and marks the ones that must finish first. From the start date, access opens when they complete. Opening it earlier needs a reason, kept on record.
Check in through probation so problems surface early
On day 30, a survey asks how the first month went. Before probation ends, the manager gets a reminder and a review opens, or the new hire joins a running cycle. Every check-in is scheduled at hire.
Pick up onboarding where recruiting leaves off
Recruiting ends at the signed offer; onboarding starts there, with the same data. Flows run any HR process; onboarding is the one built around a new hire.
What is employee onboarding in Skailer?
Employee onboarding in Skailer is a set of steps that starts when HR hires someone and runs until the end of probation. Before the start date, the new hire signs documents and fills in surveys on a preboarding page. On dates tied to the hire date, Skailer creates their Google Workspace account, assigns tasks to the manager, IT, and buddy, and schedules check-ins. The full portal opens once required steps finish. Training sits outside its scope.
Know who opened access and who signed what
Before day one, a new hire reaches only what is addressed to them. Early portal access needs a reason on record. Signed documents land in the profile, and each run keeps a step log.
What the model shows for a 500-person company
ONBOARDING WORK
NEW-HIRE PROCESSING
TIME TO PRODUCTIVITY
Compare onboarding systems by where data comes from
Teams usually move from spreadsheets to checklist-based onboarding tools, which roll out quickly. The difference is where new-hire data comes from and when access opens.
| Capability | Spreadsheets & email | Checklist-based tools | Skailer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before day one | Documents sent as attachments | Preboarding packets and e-signatures | Preboarding page that writes to the profile |
| New-hire data | Copied from the offer by hand | Often synced from an ATS | Offer data fills the profile |
| Accounts and access | IT gets an email | Usually a task for IT | Workspace account, then the full portal |
| Order of steps | Depends on who checks the sheet | Due dates, mostly in parallel | Each step waits, timed from the hire date |
| Different teams | A copy per team | Templates per role or location | One process with conditions |
| After day one | Calendar reminders | Varies by vendor | Day-30 survey and probation review |
How employee onboarding works in Skailer
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Employee onboarding: common questions
What is employee onboarding software in Skailer?
It's the part of Skailer that takes a new hire from signed offer to the end of probation. It collects documents and details before day one, sets up accounts, assigns tasks to everyone involved, and schedules check-ins through probation.
Can new hires sign onboarding documents before day one?
Does Skailer support remote onboarding?
When does a new hire get full access to Skailer?
Can I assign onboarding tasks to a buddy?
Is HR onboarding software in Skailer separate from Flows?
See how onboarding runs for your next hire
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