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Employee Onboarding Form

Collect a new hire's details, documents, and preferences in one place before day one.

14 fields
2 pages

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Included Fields

Full legal name

Short Answer

Preferred name

Short Answer

Personal email address

Email

Phone number

Phone Number

Home address

Short Answer

Emergency contact (name and phone number)

Short Answer

Job title

Short Answer

Start date

Short Answer

T-shirt size (for your welcome kit)

Dropdown

Preferred laptop

Multiple Choice

Which of these do you need for your role?

Checkboxes

Upload a copy of your ID

File Upload

Upload your signed contract

File Upload

Anything else we should know or prepare?

Long Answer

Form Structure

1

Personal Details

6 fields
Full legal name
Preferred name
Personal email address
Phone number
Home address
Emergency contact (name and phone number)
2

Role & Setup

8 fields
Job title
Start date
T-shirt size (for your welcome kit)
Preferred laptop
Which of these do you need for your role?
Upload a copy of your ID
Upload your signed contract
Anything else we should know or prepare?

About this template

An employee onboarding form gathers everything HR and IT need before a new hire's first day: personal details, emergency contacts, documents, and equipment preferences, so day one is about meeting the team, not filling in paperwork.

Great onboarding starts before the start date. This form front-loads the administrative work: legal details for payroll, an emergency contact for compliance, ID and contract uploads for the personnel file, and equipment preferences so IT can have the right laptop imaged and waiting.

The two-page structure separates who the person is from what they need, and the file-upload fields mean documents arrive attached to the rest of the record instead of scattered across email threads. Pipe submissions into your HRIS or a Slack channel with Formly's webhooks and nobody has to re-type anything.

Tips for better results

  • 1Send the form the day the contract is signed. It doubles as a warm 'we're ready for you' touchpoint.
  • 2Keep legal-name and preferred-name separate; getting names right on day one matters.
  • 3Route submissions to both HR and IT via webhook so equipment setup starts immediately.
  • 4Review the 'anything else' answers before the first day. Accessibility and dietary notes are easy wins for a great first week.

Frequently asked questions

Is it safe to collect ID documents through a form?

Formly is hosted in Europe, GDPR compliant, and doesn't track respondents. You can also password-protect the form and delete submissions once records are transferred to your HR system.

Can I add company-specific questions?

Yes: edit any field, or ask Formly's AI to adapt the form ("add a section about parking and office access").

How do I get the data into our HR system?

Use webhooks to push each submission to your HRIS or automation tool, export to CSV, or pull submissions via the API.

Who this template is for

  • HR teams standardizing pre-boarding paperwork
  • Startups hiring their first employees without an HRIS
  • IT teams that need equipment orders ahead of start dates
  • Agencies and remote-first companies onboarding across time zones

Not an exact fit? Use this template as a starting point and edit anything, or describe what you need and let Formly's AI adapt it for you.

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