Rival Onboard

Pros

Where should I begin? I manage everything from the pre-employment stage through onboarding for approximately thirty to fifty hires each week and this tool has made those responsibilities remarkably easy and for the most part, stress-free, because it interfaces with other applications I can monitor assessments and tests, communicate directly with my candidates, initiate background checks and drug screening and upload virtually any type of documentation (PDF, JPG, DOC, XLS) which are just a few of the pre-employment capabilities I depend on. When it comes time to onboard, I only need to complete the required fields and the platform automatically disseminates the necessary documents and records to Payroll, Security, IT and other pertinent departments. Having lived through the era of paper-based personnel files as a baby boomer, I remember how many miles of paper could be stored for a single employee, so to me it genuinely feels like a godsend.

Cons

One drawback I regularly face is that my candidates cannot use their smartphones to submit electronic applications and assessments, they are forced to use a desktop or laptop computer instead. In an age where many applicants are millennials and prefer mobile-first interactions, I would be able to collect documents and complete processes much more quickly if they were able to submit e-apps and assessments from their smartphones or iPhones.

Pros

For me, choosing applicants and setting their dispositions in the platform is remarkably easy and simple which speeds up workflow.

Cons

I wish I could flag the candidates I hire so the system would remember those selections automatically, eliminating the need to repeatedly mark them.

Pros

As an HR professional, this solution has made my department's life so much easier, because everything is accessible online, the system allows extensive customization and the reporting we receive is incredibly useful, employees can see precisely where they stand in the onboarding workflow whenever they log in and being able to deploy new policies for acknowledgement is invaluable, while I particularly appreciate the online I-9 verification feature.

Cons

As both an end user and an HR practitioner, I really wish the Recruiting and Onboarding modules were congreatated under a single sign-on, because having to register two different accounts proved confusing for me and for new hires, who struggled with creating separate credentials just to finish the steps required to join the company.