Dive Brief:

• When a new employee begins the onboarding process, managing documents typically is complicated and a hassle for both worker and employer.
• However, according to an article at business2community.com, there are effective ways to avoid this "cumbersome, boring" process that often slows down the new worker's ability to hit the ground running.
• The idea is to launch onboarding before day one by using technology in the form of online versions of the documents such as W-4s and I-9s. With that, new employees can focus on learning about company culture and other important things, rather than spending it shuffling through a half-day of paperwork.

Dive Insight:

One idea from author Christine Marino, chief revenue officer at Click Boarding, LLC, is to avoid making new hires re-enter personal information more than once by using form-fill technology. Another is to use electronic signatures, now legal and will avoid the hassles of having to print out a form, fill it out and sign it, scan it and send it back to the hiring company.

"Eliminating these steps should cut out most of the redundant parts of filling out new employee documents, and leave your new hires free to enjoy their first day and get acquainted with their new role, new coworkers and new organization," Marino writes.