Paperless Onboarding

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – AUGUST 30, 2016

DynaFile, a unique cloud document management system that makes it easy for HR professionals to transition to electronic personnel files, today announced an integration with iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions.

DynaFile, enabling companies to streamline HR by replacing bulky filing cabinets with easy to manage electronic files, now offers an integration into the iCIMS Talent Platform, a suite of cloud-based talent acquisition tools that enables organizations to attract, screen, and hire the best talent for their ever-changing business needs. Through the partnership, HR professionals can automate the transition of new recruits from candidate to productive new hire, while also helping to reduce paperwork, manage tasks more efficiently, and improve productivity and employee engagement. The integration with iCIMS automatically files all completed onboarding paperwork within DynaFile, in automatically generated new hire folders, where HR can instantly retrieve employee information, easily manage access and retention rules, and self-audit documentation, to achieve the dream of a paperless office.

“We are excited to integrate with the leader in talent acquisition software,” says Brock Kane, director of new business development at DynaFile. “iCIMS is trusted by organizations around the world for their powerful, easy to use solutions. Our integration with iCIMS expands that incredible customer experience through the lifecycle of the employee’s file.”

“With disparate systems resulting in redundant data entry and loss of data integrity being a major challenge in talent acquisition, technologies to efficiently manage the lifecycle of the employee’s file from candidate to long-term employee are greatly needed by today’s HR professionals,” said Michael Wilczak, senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at iCIMS. “Through our partnership with DynaFile, we look to offer our customers a single platform to simplify their talent acquisition and file management processes and bring hours back to the work day.”

DynaFile will also benefit from UNIFi, iCIMS’ Platform-as-a-Service framework that enables partners to integrate their software applications with the iCIMS Talent Acquisition Suite and market their products to iCIMS’ customers through the recently launched iCIMS Marketplace. The iCIMS Marketplace, iCIMS’ online environment featuring the largest ecosystem of HR technologies in the industry, enables customers to shop for and engage with supporting technology that are the best fit for their talent acquisition and management needs, all in one logical, easy-to-use interface. Additionally, through UNIFi, partners can build long-term, lasting relationships through standard APIs that offer flexible data sharing, adding value to their customer experience. Click here to learn more about UNIFi and the iCIMS Marketplace.

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About DynaFile 
DynaFile’s cloud document management software provides a practical solution for going paperless in HR. Scanning automation features allow your team to get paper documents into DynaFile quickly, while integration points and a simple drag-and-drop interface allow for consolidation of files no matter where they originated. Once inside of DynaFile, give your HR, Payroll and Supervisor staff instant, secure access to just the files they need from anywhere, at any time. And best of all, keep track of required and expiring documents in staff folders to ensure your team is always prepared in the event of an audit.

DynaFile makes it easy for HR to go paperless… and stay that way! To learn more about DynaFile for your HR department, please visit https://www.dynafile.com or call (888) 510-3453. You can also stay connected by checking out the DynaFile Paperless Blog and by following DynaFile on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+.

About iCIMS, Inc. 
iCIMS is a leading provider of innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions that help businesses win the war for top talent. Scalable, easy to use, and backed by award-winning customer service, iCIMS enables organizations to manage their entire talent acquisition lifecycle from building talent pools, to recruiting, to onboarding, all within a single cloud-based platform that is connected to the largest partner ecosystem of HR technologies in the industry. Supporting more than 3,200 contracted customers, iCIMS is one of the largest and fastest-growing talent acquisition solution providers. To learn more about how iCIMS can help your organization, visit http://www.icims.com or view a free online demo of the iCIMS Talent Platform.

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Dealing with paper documents in HR can be a real nightmare. When bulky filing cabinets start to fill up with overflowing manila folders, it becomes impossible to keep information organized. This makes finding an important document or being prepared for an audit a seriously stressful situation. Because of this, many organizations are making the switch to paperless HR processes like online employee onboarding and electronic personnel files. Here’s how to leverage paperless HR software to streamline your department and make managing employee information much easier. 

It All Starts With Onboarding

Much of the documentation that is added to an employee’s folder is actually generated in the onboarding process. To avoid creating all of that paper every time a new employee is hired, electronic onboarding software has become extremely popular. New hires can review, fill out and sign all of their onboarding paperwork online. Now the question is, “What to do with those completed files?” Many HR departments are still printing it out and putting it in a paper employee file!

Electronic Files Replace Paper

Now that your onboarding process has gone paperless, it’s time to take a look at how you’re storing your personnel files. It certainly doesn’t make much sense to print your staff’s onboarding forms out after they are completed electronically! Instead, utilize an electronic filing system to make it easier for HR to store, manage and report on your personnel files.

An electronic filing system allows your team to retrieve the files they need instantly, from any where. Instead of digging through multiple levels of folders and section tabs, simple retrieve documents by various categories. For example, an electronic system allows you to pull up documents by identifiers like Department, Document Type, Expiration Date, Division, Office Location, etc. These identifiers can be configured specifically for your own HR department and ensure your files are always stored in the correct location.

You can also use your electronic file system to run reports on your documents using the identifiers mentioned above. A very common report used in HR is an internal audit or exception report. This report can be used to keep track of required and expiring documents in staff folders. For example, it can tell exactly which staff members are missing which specific required documents from their folder. The same report can tell you which staff members have a particular time-sensitive documents coming up for renewal in the next 60 or 90 days. In this way, these reports act as your automatic audit protection – always ensure all employee folders are up-to-date with all required documentation.

Digital Archiving Removes The Need For Off-Site Storage

Once your employees have been retired or terminated, there needs to be an easy way to archive them in order to comply with retention requirements. With an electronic filing system, there is no longer a need to archive your files on paper. This can free up a huge amount of space in your office as well as save your company significant savings that would normally be spent on off-site file storage. Best of all, your retention rules can be automated with an electronic system. For example, you can set your retention rules to automatically delete off personnel files 7 years after termination date, but wait 11 years before purging I-9’s. This way, your team never has to worry about time-consuming file purging projects.

A Completely Paperless Employee File Lifecycle

If you’re interested in taking your Human Resources department paperless, contact us today at DynaFile. Our paperless HR software has been helping organizations improve efficiency and cut costs for over 15 years. Scanning automation tools allow you to take the entire department paperless quickly and easily. From there, your team has instant access to files, custom audit reports to keep folders up-to-date and segmented access for HR, Payroll and Managers.

DynaFile also integrates with popular onboarding software like DocuSign and iCIMS. New hires can complete and sign all of their onboarding paperwork online. Once finished, signed onboarding documents are automatically filed back in that new staff member’s folder inside of DynaFile. 

Finally, DynaFile can sync information coming from your existing Payroll system or HRIS. So, when an employee changes to “Termed” status, switches departments or even changes their name after they get married; that information can be automatically updated in DynaFile when changes are made in your Payroll system or HRIS. This way there is never any need for redundant updates. Automated retention rules can also be triggered when an employee switches status to, say “Termed”. If you would like to learn more, please contact us to see a free demo!

Many of the documents stored in an employee’s folder are generated directly from the onboarding process once they have been hired. For this reason, employee onboarding software has become extremely popular for Human Resources departments. Unfortunately, there are still a huge number of companies that will print onboarding packets once they have been completed and electronically signed online. This is a huge pain in the neck for HR because personnel files are a serious challenge to manage on paper. Here’s how to stop printing your completed onboarding forms.

The Disconnect Between Paperless Processes and Paper Files

Employee onboarding software is an incredible tool for Human Resources. It streamlines onboarding paperwork for both your HR team and your new employee. Preparing onboarding packets for new hires goes from a lengthy process to a 30-60 second task. New employees are able to review, fill out and sign all of their onboarding documents at their leisure online. Best of all, HR can specify “required” information on onboarding forms so that they will never receive incomplete information from a new hire.

This is a great way to get the information HR needs from the new hire, but what happens to all of those documents once they have been completed and signed? Many companies still will still print out completed and electronically-signed onboarding forms after they have been finished. These are typically filed alongside the rest of their personnel and other HR documentation in manila folders, in bulky filing cabinets. As we all know, managing paper files can be a huge challenge. Finding documents and keeping track of required and expiring forms in employees’ folders can be nearly impossible for a larger workforce. 

Electronic Personnel Files Narrow The Gap

Since managing employee information on paper can be extremely difficult, many companies have started switching over to electronic personnel files. Unlike paper files, electronic documents are much easier to keep organized and maintain. An electronic filing system can automatically file documents in the correct location by “index” without any need for naming conventions or browsing to the correct folder.

This makes retrieval instantaneous by a number of different categories. For example, pull up documents based upon the employee’s name, department, office location, the type of document expiration date, etc. The best part about your files being “indexed”, though, is that you can also easily keep track of required and expiring documents in employees’ folders. A simple audit or “exception report” can tell you exactly which staff members are missing required documents from their folder and which employees have a time-sensitive documents coming up for renewal in the next 60 or 90 days.

An End-To-End Paperless HR File Solution

Believe it or not, you can take your onboarding process and all of your active employee files completely paperless, but still may need to print and scan. To avoid this, a simple integration between your onboarding solution and your electronic filing system can remove the need for any paper generation. Once an onboarding packet has been completed and e-signed, it can be automatically published into your electronic filing system and create the new hire’s folder for you without any data entry whatsoever. You can then add additional documentation to the employee’s folder throughout the lifecycle of their file and automate retention requirements for specific documents and sections in their folder. 

Learn More

If you would like to learn more about the end-to-end paperless HR process described above, please contact us at DynaFile. Our paperless HR solution has been helping companies streamline their workflows for over 15 years. Integration with popular onboarding solutions like iCIMS, DocuSign and Taleo allow HR departments to eliminate the need for any paper generation from the minute the employee is hired. Scanning automation features allow you to convert your existing paper files fast and then manage them easily from the DynaFile cloud. Indexed filing makes retrieval instantaneous from anywhere, at any time and allows for custom exception reports for self-auditing. Once an employee file has been termed, retention requirements can be set to run automatically. Contact us today for more information and a free demo!

Paper files are inherently tough to deal with. They take up a ton of space in the office, they are nearly impossible to find when you need them, and they can take up a majority of staff’s time to manage and keep organized.

Due to the numerous inefficiencies involved with handling paper documents, many Human Resource departments are switching to electronic personnel files. The challenge is coming up with a paperless solution that will work for you and your HR team.

Here’s how to have a success HR scanning project.

1. Is Paperless HR Right for Us?

The first step in your HR scanning project is to ensure that electronic personnel files will indeed be a good fit for your organization. Discuss with your team to find out what both your short-term and long-term goals are for the department. Most businesses find that they can benefit from updating their existing administrative strategies in HR. Companies that can benefit the most have:

• Paper filing system or network file share
• High turnover or rapid expansion
• Multiple office locations or remote staff
• Frequent audits on employee files
• Annual acknowledgements or contracts

If your company fits into one of the categories above, it is a good bet that electronic personnel files will be an improvement for your team. Continue on to the next section for step 2 of a successful HR scanning project. 

2. Decide on a Practical Paperless Strategy

Once you’ve decided that going paperless will help streamline your HR department, it is time to come up with a practical strategy to get you there. Your HR scanning project can easily get out of hand without a proper plan in place. It is a good idea to discuss the goals of your department with your HR team to come up with an appropriate scope for your project. Here are some important questions to consider when taking your HR department paperless. Once you have a good idea of the scope of your HR scanning project, it is time to move forward with a software solution.

3. Choose an Appropriate Software Solution

Converting your paper to electronic personnel files can be time-intensive. A practical HR scanning strategy will help your team move through the process more efficiently, but paperless HR software can help make the transition easier as well. Once in digital format, you will need a storage and management solution for your new electronic personnel files. When considering different paperless HR solutions, it is important to think about what system will allow you to manage your files easily, but also help you get your files into the system with little stress. Some HR file management software include scanning automation tools to help you convert your paper files quicker and get them into the system easier. 

More Information on Taking HR Paperless

Learn more about taking your HR department paperless below. Our complimentary Paperless HR Guide has a few tips and tricks for running a success HR scanning project.

If you would like to learn more about taking your HR department paperless, please contact us today at DynaFile. Our paperless HR solution has been helping companies operate more efficiently for over 15 years. With DynaFile, you can take the entire department paperless quickly and easily for immediate file retrieval, segmented access and audit reporting. Best of all, you can take all of your pen-and-paper processes like employee onboarding completely electronic as well so there is no longer a need for any paper generation. Contact us today for a free demo!

Did you know that a recent study by ADP found that only 9% of managers are happy with their organization’s onboarding process? That is a dismally low figure from those interacting with your staff on a day-to-day basis. If 91% of managers are unhappy with your onboarding process, just think of how your new-hires feel. The question is, “How can we improve our onboarding process?” The answer may lie with a paperless onboarding solution.

Going paperless improves the onboarding experience.

“The first days and weeks on the job for new employees are crucial and make or break a new employee’s impression on whether or not they want to stay. It is both an exciting and stressful time. The last thing a new hire wants to do is sit in isolation, wading through mounds of paperwork.” – Anna Carsen, ADP. Think back to your first day on the job and I’m sure you will agree with Anna. No new employee wants to waste their first day with a stack of relentless paperwork. The good news is, with a paperless onboarding process, your new staff can review, fill out and legally sign all onboarding documents online BEFORE their first day on the job. Your new hires show up on Day 1 ready to join the team and hit the ground running. Don’t stifle their enthusiasm with a day full of paper-pushing.

Paperless onboarding saves a ton of time for HR.

Assembling paper onboarding packets can be a real chore. It involves a lot of printing, copying, scanning, stapling and review before all is said and done. If your organization has a high turnover rate or is growing quickly, using this paper onboarding process can be incredibly tedious. With a paperless onboarding process, your HR team will have templates for all of your different onboarding packets ready to go. When a new employee is hired, HR simply has to select the appropriate onboarding packet and enter the new-hire’s name and email address. Workflow and routing for the packets can even be built directly into those onboarding templates so you know the appropriate people have always reviewed the information they were supposed to. Best of all, completed and signed onboarding documents are automatically filed in that new employee’s folder automatically.

Learn more about paperless onboarding.

If you would like to learn more about improving your onboarding process, contact us today. DynaFile has been helping HR departments operate more efficiently for over a decade. Our paperless onboarding solution gives your new hires a easy experience and can save your HR team a ton of time. Please give us a call today to see a free demo.