Posted By : Mads Jakobsen 01.04.2026

Automate HR Contracts and Onboarding

Welcome to another G.O.A.T. Hack! 🐐

We love making you the Greatest Of All Time at handling contracts — and today we’re focusing on a team that deals with a lot of them:

👉 HR.

From employment contracts to onboarding documents, HR teams are constantly sending, tracking, and managing paperwork.

And when it’s done manually?

Things get slow. Messy. And frustrating.

Let’s look at how you can automate employee contracts and onboarding — and save hours (or even days) every week.

📄 The Problem: HR Workflows Are Often Manual

A typical onboarding process still looks like this:

• Create contract
• Email it as a PDF
• Wait for signature
• Follow up (once… twice… three times…)
• Download and store manually

Now multiply that by:

• New hires
• Contract renewals
• Policy updates

👉 It adds up quickly.

And more importantly — it takes time away from what HR should really focus on:

People, not paperwork.

🚀 What Does “Automated Onboarding” Actually Mean?

Automation doesn’t mean removing the human touch.

It means removing repetitive tasks.

Instead of manually handling every step, your system does the heavy lifting:

• Contracts are created from templates
• Documents are sent automatically
• Reminders are triggered without manual follow-up
• Signed contracts are stored and tracked automatically

👉 Less admin. More impact.

🧩 Step 1: Use Contract Templates

One of the biggest time savers for HR is standardization.

Instead of creating contracts from scratch every time, use templates for:

• Employment agreements
• NDAs
• Offer letters
• Policy acknowledgements

💡 Why it matters:
Ensures consistency
Reduces errors
Speeds up document creation

With templates, onboarding a new employee becomes:
👉 Select template → Fill in details → Send

Done in minutes.

🔁 Step 2: Automate Sending and Reminders

Chasing signatures is one of the most time-consuming parts of HR workflows.

Instead of manually following up:

👉 Let the system do it for you.

Automated reminders ensure that:

• Employees don’t forget to sign
• You don’t have to send “just checking in” emails
• Contracts keep moving without intervention

💡 Bonus:

You can focus on onboarding the employee — not chasing paperwork.

👀 Step 3: Get Full Visibility Into Status

Ever had to ask:

• “Has the contract been signed yet?”
• “Are we still waiting?”

With automated workflows, you always know:

• Who has signed
• Who hasn’t
• What needs attention

Clear status tracking removes guesswork and helps HR teams stay organized.

🔐 Step 4: Choose the Right Level of Security

Not all HR documents are the same.

Some require:

• Simple signing
• Extra authentication
• Identity verification

With flexible authentication options, you can choose what fits each situation.

👉 For example:

• Standard contracts → simple signing
• Sensitive agreements → added verification

This keeps the process both secure and user-friendly.

🌍 Step 5: Improve the Employee Experience

First impressions matter.

A complicated onboarding process can feel frustrating for new hires.

A smooth one?

👉 Feels professional, modern, and easy.

With digital signing:

• Employees can sign from any device
• No printing or scanning
• Clear instructions
• Fast completion

This creates a better experience from day one.

📊 Step 6: Keep Everything Organized Automatically

Once a contract is signed, what happens next?

In manual workflows:

• Files get downloaded
• Renamed
• Stored manually

In automated workflows:
👉 Everything is stored, searchable, and easy to find.

This is especially important for:

• Compliance
• Audits
• Future reference

No more digging through folders or email threads.

🚀 What HR Automation Looks Like in Practice

When everything is set up, onboarding becomes simple:

• Select a contract template
• Add employee details
• Send for signing
• Automatic reminders kick in
• Contract gets signed and stored

👉 No chasing. No manual handling. No chaos.

✨ G.O.A.T. Hack

If you want to save time fast, start here:

👉 Automate just one part of your onboarding process

For most HR teams, the biggest win is:
➡️ Automating contract sending + reminders

It’s a small change — with a huge impact.