Cost of onboarding
- Checklist items
- 37
- Items due before or on day one
- 17
- Items due in the first 30 days
- 20
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The cost of onboarding a hire is mostly time, and it is countable: roughly thirty checklist items and a working day of somebody's coordination before any role training starts, plus the equipment, the accounts and the hours the manager and the new hire spend in the first week's introductions and training. The onboarding checklist on this site counts the items and the hours for the role, free and without an account; HeadcountDesk Pro turns the day of coordination into owned, reminded items for $24 a month per location.
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The coordination day
Onboarding a salaried hire is roughly thirty checklist items and a working day of somebody's time before any role training starts. The checklist on this site counts the items for the role and prices the hours at your loaded rate, so the cost is a figure rather than a feeling.
The first week's hours
The manager's introductions, the named person's questions, the training sessions: real hours from real people, and the plan is what keeps them to a week instead of a month of interruptions.
The equipment and the accounts
The laptop, the licenses, the seat: one-off costs the checklist records against the employee, which is also the return list at leaving.
What reduces it
Owners and reminders on every item, the paperwork done before day one, and the same list every time. That is the software's whole case, and the vendors price it accordingly. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
Cost of onboarding: common questions
What does it cost to onboard an employee?
A working day of coordination across roughly thirty items, the first week's manager hours, and the equipment; the checklist counts it for your role at your rates.
How can onboarding cost be reduced?
Do the paperwork before day one, give every item an owner and a reminder, and reuse the same list every hire.
Is the checklist free?
Yes, with no account. Pro adds the owners, the reminders and the record.
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