**Purpose**
1.2. Reduce manual HR effort, minimize errors, accelerate time-to-productivity, enable compliance, improve communication, and facilitate a positive employee experience.
1.3. Minimize manager and HR involvement in repetitive admin tasks and ensure each step is tracked and validated across systems.
**Trigger Conditions**
2.2. Digital signature of offer letter by candidate.
2.3. Addition of employee details to HRIS or payroll system.
**Platform Variants**
3.1. BambooHR
- Feature/Setting: Use "New Employee" webhook to trigger onboarding packet and automate status setting.
- Sample: Configure webhook endpoint in "Workflows."
3.2. ADP Workforce Now
- Feature/Setting: Integrate "Add Employee" API to sync new hires and push data to payroll and benefits.
- Sample: Use "api/v2/employees" POST.
3.3. Greenhouse
- Feature/Setting: Trigger "Candidate Hired" webhook to send onboarding package.
- Sample: Webhook URL for status: hired.
3.4. Workday
- Feature/Setting: Configure "Hire Event" REST API to automate downstream workflows.
- Sample: Workday API "PUT Worker" operation.
3.5. DocuSign
- Feature/Setting: "Envelope Sent/Completed" trigger to track employment agreement completion.
- Sample: Webhooks for envelopeStatusChanged.
3.6. Gusto
- Feature/Setting: Use “New Hire” event in API to auto-initiate payroll setup.
- Sample: POST "/v1/employees".
3.7. Google Workspace
- Feature/Setting: Admin SDK Directory API to create company email and assign onboarding groups.
- Sample: Directory.users.insert.
3.8. Slack
- Feature/Setting: "Users.admin.invite" API to invite hire, channel auto-invites based on role.
- Sample: POST to slack.com/api/admin.inviteRequests.approve.
3.9. Microsoft Teams
- Feature/Setting: Use "Create user" in Microsoft Graph API, auto-add to onboarding channels.
- Sample: POST /users with role assignment.
3.10. IT Glue
- Feature/Setting: Create employee IT profile, assign documentation access.
- Sample: POST /users endpoint.
3.11. Paychex Flex
- Feature/Setting: "Employee New Hire" webhook event to trigger onboarding checklist.
- Sample: Connect "Employee Management" API.
3.12. Trello
- Feature/Setting: Auto-create onboarding card/checklist in a shared board.
- Sample: POST /cards to specific board.
3.13. Asana
- Feature/Setting: Create onboarding project/task using API for each new hire.
- Sample: POST /tasks with "Onboarding" tag.
3.14. DocuWare
- Feature/Setting: Auto-archive submitted I-9/W-4 documents to employee folder.
- Sample: Use REST import for new documents.
3.15. Zapier
- Feature/Setting: Multi-step workflow combining HR trigger with GMail, Slack, and GDrive actions.
- Sample: Use "New Employee" trigger plus "Multi-Action" steps.
3.16. Twilio SMS
- Feature/Setting: Send onboarding status or reminders via SMS using Programmable Messaging.
- Sample: Send SMS via POST /Messages.
3.17. Lever
- Feature/Setting: Webhook "Candidate Hired" to auto-post to HRIS.
- Sample: Create webhook for "hired" events.
3.18. Trello
- Feature/Setting: Assign checklist items for compliance, equipment, and orientation meetings.
- Sample: Add checklist items on new card.
3.19. Zendesk
- Feature/Setting: Open onboarding support ticket for IT/HR/Facilities follow-up.
- Sample: POST /api/v2/tickets.
3.20. Notion
- Feature/Setting: Auto-generate onboarding wiki with permissions set for new hire.
- Sample: POST /pages API for onboarding docs workspace.
3.21. Deputy
- Feature/Setting: Sync new employee to scheduling system, auto-create profile for shift planning.
- Sample: POST /api/v1/resource/employee.
3.22. When I Work
- Feature/Setting: Use "Add Employee" API to update schedule roster.
- Sample: POST /api/v1/users.
3.23. Paylocity
- Feature/Setting: "Employee Import" API for HR profile, payroll mapping.
- Sample: POST /api/v2/employees.
3.24. Monday.com
- Feature/Setting: Add onboarding workflow item and assign checklist using API.
- Sample: POST /v2/items.
**Benefits**
4.2. Central record keeping and compliance, audit-ready process.
4.3. Faster new hire productivity, self-paced learning enabled.
4.4. Multi-departmental coordination with automatic task delegation.
4.5. Personalized onboarding steps, communications, and error detection.