Human Capital Management and Onboarding

Human Capital Management (HCM) And Onboarding At Emerald Software, we always like to keep abreast of the latest studies and white papers published in the HR technology field. Workday consistently publishes articles with interesting content, so be sure to head over to their resources page to download a couple. The one I’d like to comment …

Controlling Access to New Hire Data

Controlling Access To New Hire Data Workforce.com has a very interesting series of articles available about data breaches in HR. When employees’ personal information is compromised and ID theft occurs as a result, it is not unusual for employers to be held accountable in several very unpleasant ways. The affected workers may sue, the FTC …

Should Automated Onboarding be Optional or Mandatory?

Should Automated Onboarding be Optional or Mandatory? For companies that have multiple locations, one decision that has to be made during implementation is whether an automated onboarding system will be used at all work sites. This question may be especially pertinent for franchise operations where some decisions are made at corporate headquarters and some by individual franchisees. …

Onboarding & I9 Administration

Onboarding & I-9 Administration – What Price Freedom? I blog and write and speak a lot about the cost savings that come with implementing transactional onboarding software. For many clients, the ROI is immediate – they start saving money compared to their current, inefficient paper based system from day one. However, it’s not just cash …

Best in Class Onboarding Stats

Best In Class Onboarding Stats The folks over at Aberdeen have a very informative slideshow up on the web (courtesy of our friends at iCIMS) regarding the benefits of implementing best-in-class onboarding. It offers a decent template for the types of improvements you should be measuring in developing your own new hire program. The percentages displayed …

Get The Paper Out of Your Onboarding

Tips for Getting the Paper Out of Your Onboarding Can you really go completely paperless in your onboarding process? That’s a question that depends on a number of factors. One of the most important is whether the government will permit you to forgo the use of paper forms. Currently, at the federal level electronic forms …

Business is Booming for HR SaaS – and We Couldn’t Be Happier

According to the latest Workforce.com report, the battle between legacy software and SaaS is in full swing - and customers are benefiting. No longer a newcomer or an outlier in the fight for HR client dollars, the Software as a Service model is coming into its own as a cost effective and highly versatile solution. …

Forms Automation vs. Fillable PDFs

The difference between taking a process online and truly automating that process is one that a lot of HR clients don’t realize until they see it in action. Just the relief of going paperless can mask the fact that getting new hire forms filled out and distributed is tedious and time consuming - even if …

Onboarding Part Time Workers

Part time workers make up a large part of the workforce, but they are often marginalized when it comes to the benefits that full time employees enjoy. This goes beyond just health insurance and paid holidays. Part timers usually don’t have access to the same training and advancement tools that are offered to other workers. …

Proactive Onboarding Leads to Higher ROI

Do you know which components of an onboarding system lead to the greatest return on investment? According to a paper published by Dr. Caela Farren from MasteryWorks, the companies with the lowest new hire turnover have an onboarding process that effectively manages: Forms Tasks/Training Socialization Keeping new employees on the payroll long enough for them …