What is remote onboarding?
Remote onboarding is the process of bringing new employees into the business virtually.
How long should remote onboarding take?
It usually takes about two weeks to complete a remote onboarding process, however it typically takes about 1-3 months for the employee to be completely up to speed and comfortable with the company culture, systems and processes.
How to onboard remote employees
- Prepare the team
Even though your new recruit will be working remotely, you still need to make sure they feel included and that they are a part of the team. It is important to create this dynamic before the employee starts, you can do this by:
- Letting your current team know about the new starter (start date, job role and responsibilities)
- Assign a mentor, to buddy up with them for the first couple of weeks
- Ensure relevant team members make themselves available to support and check in on the new member
- Make sure their tech equipment is ready
Make sure any tech equipment needed to carry out their role is ready for their first day. A good idea is sending their equipment out to their home address a couple of days before they are due to start with documentation explaining the steps needed to take to access the systems.
- Share documents digitally
Share detailed information regarding company policies and employee benefits digitally. The materials should include everything from compliance to insurance to tax liabilities to the company policies on leaves and diversity and inclusion. Also, it’s essential to have the employees sign all the documents that formally say they are an employee of the business – asking for these to be digitally signed is also helpful when you are required to onboard remote employees.
- Schedule regular meetings
Schedule regular one-to-one meetings and introduction calls with the rest of the team to stay in communication and offer your support if it is needed.
- Set expectations
Setting clear expectations around your new hire’s roles and responsibilities is essential when they begin working for your business. To do this, it is imperative that you share the employees contract, job description as well as any relevant company policies.
Onboarding with Wise
Wise is a market leading onboarding, payments and compliance platform.
Our innovative technology allows businesses to onboard their users in up to 10 minutes, with the entire process carried out remotely!
- Unlimited document storage – Each document and policy that has been submitted and signed through the Wise app is stored indefinitely on the Wise Platform, to be accessed whenever needed.
- Bespoke onboarding – We can customise your user onboarding journeys based on specific requirements your business needs for new recruits, such as defining steps, tasks and documents.
- Set jobs roles and employment journeys – Nearly all business consist of more than one role, whether you work with self-employed or/and employed individuals, Wise can collect specific evidence specifically for that role.
- Expiring and re-uploading evidences – Our platform notifies you when your user’s documents are close to expiring, ensuring you never have an out of date evidence.
We also have a mobile app, where drivers are able to submit and sign documents, policies and contracts digitally – no matter where they are!
We’re here to simplify the onboarding and management process. If you’re looking for more information, contact us here.
