Team & HR
No hiring or HR system
Hiring tracked in email threads, onboarding is a verbal walkthrough, and there's no system for time off, reviews, or employee records.
Without an HR system, people management is ad hoc. Job postings go out from personal email, candidate tracking lives in a spreadsheet, onboarding is whatever the last person remembers to tell the new hire, and there's no system for time off requests, performance reviews, or employee records. It works until it doesn't — usually around the 10-employee mark.
Signs you have this problem
- Job applications tracked in email or a shared spreadsheet
- No structured onboarding — new hires figure it out as they go
- Time off tracked via Slack messages or sticky notes
- No performance review process — feedback is informal and inconsistent
- Employee records (contracts, tax forms, emergency contacts) scattered across drives
What to look for
- An applicant tracking system to manage hiring from posting to offer
- Structured onboarding workflows so every new hire gets the same experience
- Self-service time off requests and approval workflows
- Performance management with review cycles and goal tracking
- A central employee directory and document storage for compliance
5 tools we recommend
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