More and more Human Resource departments are combining electronic filing with esignatures to go paperless and simplify employee onboarding.

Getting new employees "papered up" is an arduous process. There is a seemingly endless stack of onboarding paperwork that all new hires have to get through before they officially join the team. This can become time-consuming for HR staff and stressful for new employees. Because of this, more and more organizations are turning towards electronic signatures to implement a paperless onboarding process. Let's take a look at how your department can utilize paperless onboarding to boost productivity while saving the budget.

What is paperless onboarding?
Paperless onboarding allows Human Resource departments to get new hire information completed and signed without wasting a single sheet of paper. It is a process that involves two kinds of software:
1.) Electronic signatures with online forms (for filling out and signing paperwork)
2.) Electronic filing system (for storing and managing employee files)

How does it work?
Your employee files are stored in HR's electronic filing system (read more about that here). The same system houses your onboarding templates. Admins can create different onboarding packets with information pertaining to specific departments, job titles, etc. Employees can update templates as needed and the changes are automatically effective in each packet. When a new employee is hired, distributing onboarding documents costs HR all of a few seconds...

Read more - HR Tech: Using Electronic Signatures for Paperless Onboarding.