# Employee Onboarding The entire motivation behind the Runtime self-onboarding process system is to assist in starting an employee’s journey in your association and create a great first impression. ### Step by Step Instructions {% embed url="" %} Employee Self Onboarding Process {% endembed %} ### Generate a Self-Onboarding Form To start the Self-Onboarding process, go to, Onboarding > Onboarding Forms. On the following screen, go to the ‘Add new’ button as shown below:

### Self-Onboarding Form After clicking on the start button, a form will appear where you need to fill employee details like First name, Date of joining, Department, Location, etc. Fill in the name and other details of a new employee to send it to this new candidate.

To send the Self-Onboarding form, two channels have been given as below. The first one is to send ‘By E-Mail’ and The second one is to send ‘By SMS’.

There is also an option available to Set the Link expiry date (link will become invalid after this date) of the form. Select a channel to send the form or you can select both (SMS & E-Mail). In the final step click on the ‘Generate’ button as follows: ### Self-Onboarding Form Sent A Self-Onboarding form will be created and sent to the new employee. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.runtimehrms.com/employee-management/employee-onboarding.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.