Employee onboarding software

Help new starters feel welcomed, connected, and confident before day one while reducing HR admin. 

People First helps organizations get employees started faster with streamlined onboarding journeys that start engagement right and reduce compliance risk.

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Screenshot to demonstrate onboarding features within People First
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Screenshot to demonstrate onboarding features in People First platform

Employee experience starts before day one

Great onboarding experiences require consistent communication and the right information at the right time. New starters need to know what to expect and HR teams need confidence that nothing has been missed before day one arrives.

People First helps you deliver this through structured onboarding journeys that guide HR, managers and new hires through every step, consistently. With tasks, documents and communication organized in one place, onboarding becomes easier to manage and more reassuring for everyone involved.

Onboarding as unique as your business

Configurable onboarding journeys

Reduce the need for manual coordination for new starters. Create personalized onboarding journeys tailored by role, department, or location with configurable workflows, communications, training tasks, policy read receipts, and document collection.

Day 1 information

Automate access to schedules, key contacts, workplace information, policies, and system guidance. MHR helps employees feel prepared, welcomed, and ready to contribute from the moment they join.

Onboarding compliance capture

Reduce compliance risk and improve audit readiness by securely collecting contracts, right-to-work documentation, and employment eligibility requirements including Form I-9, E-Verify, and DHS remote verification.

Welcome video

Create a more personal onboarding experience with embedded welcome videos that introduce company culture, leadership, teams, and role expectations before day one.

Onboarding tracking and insights

Track onboarding progress in real time by monitoring task completion, document status, compliance activity, and onboarding milestones.  People First helps HR teams identify bottlenecks in time. 

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Screenshot to demonstrate onboarding features in People First

Onboarding integrated into your HR workflow

People First connects employee onboarding directly into your wider HR platform, so new starter information and documents are captured once and carried forward. Onboarding becomes a seamless starting point, not a disconnected process.

As employees move through onboarding, their data flows automatically into HR, payroll, learning, and workforce management. HR avoids duplicate work, managers have the right context from day one, and optional modules let you scale across the People First platform as your organization grows.

FAQs

What information can be uploaded and managed in People First?

HR teams and new starters can upload and manage key onboarding information such as ID documents, bank details, employee verification documents, contracts, policies and more. This saves lots of time chasing required documents and supports compliance, with everything kept in one secure place. 

How does employee onboarding software improve the new starter experience?

Employee onboarding software provides a clear, structured journey for new starters so they know what to expect before they join. By organizing tasks, information and communication in one place, it helps employees feel prepared, confident and connected from the outset.

When should employee onboarding start?

The employee onboarding process should start as soon as an offer is accepted. Employee onboarding software supports pre‑boarding, allowing paperwork, tasks and welcome communications to be completed before day one so new starters can focus on settling into their role rather than completing admin.

Can onboarding processes be adapted for different roles or teams?

Yes. Onboarding journeys can be tailored by role, department or location, ensuring new starters receive relevant tasks and information while maintaining a consistent experience across the organization.

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