HR is a prickly topic at the best of times, but whereas larger organizations can probably afford the odd mishap here and there, for startups  they don’t tend to have this luxury.

I’ve written before about some of the issues involved in the talent side of startups, such as what roles the founding team should take on, and the kind of people you should look to attract in your first wave of recruitment.

On-boarding new talent

These are quite strategic topics however.  At a more tactical level is the issue of successfully on-boarding new recruits into your team.  Larger organizations have a decidedly mixed success rate where this is concerned, even with their large HR budgets, so what can startups who often have no HR team at all do to ensure this crucial role is performed well?

Whilst there are various cultural issues to consider when on-boarding a new person, there are also more mundane things like ensuring they have the correct accounts and access to your IT systems.

A new platform is aiming to take much of the legwork out of this job.  The company, called Tasytt, that aims to automate the task of getting new hires integrated into the systems, and indeed the culture, of the organization from their first day.

Automating HR

Companies create a profile on the site and add accounts for each of their employees.  They can then connect up the tools they currently use at work, such as Slack, BaseCamp and Salesforce.

Then, each time a new employee joins the company, Tasytt will sign them up automatically to each of the connected services in a few minutes.

It’s also capable of tracking your on-boarding efforts, so for instance you might train them on your culture and processes and Tasytt will monitor how successful this is and provide you with some analytics.

There is also a gamification element to try and encourage employees to not only participate but provide their own helpful hints and tips to help new hires integrate successfully.

With startups often lacking this kind of ability in-house, this may be a useful way to close that gap.