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How to Automate Access Provisioning for New Hires

A new employee starts on Monday. HR has already added them to the HR system, but IT is still waiting for a ticket. Their email account is ready, yet they cannot access the VPN, shared folders, Salesforce, Jira, or the applications their team uses every day. By lunchtime, the employee is messaging their manager. The manager is following up with IT, while IT checks several systems to find out which requests were completed and which were missed.

10 Best Employee Onboarding Software Tools in 2026

A new hire accepts your offer, but their laptop arrives late, application access is missing, and their manager assumes HR has handled everything. By the end of the first week, the employee is frustrated and HR is chasing five different teams. That disorganization affects more than the first-day experience. Gallup reports that only 12% of employees strongly agree their organization does a great job of onboarding, while many employees can take 12 months or longer to become fully effective in a role.

Why better tickets help agents write better code

A reflection on building an enterprise product using AI agents, and what the data says about how we worked. The observation For the past few months we have been rapidly building an enterprise-wide, production-grade application that helps with employee compensation planning, management and communication. I compared what we built against a traditionally-built product to draw out insights about our new ways of working.

IT Helpdesk Automation: From Ticket Routing to Resolution

Employees do not contact the IT helpdesk because they want a ticket created. They want their password reset, software installed, access approved, VPN fixed, or device issue resolved. However, many AI helpdesk automation tools stop after answering a question, categorizing the request, or routing the ticket. The actual resolution still depends on an IT technician. True IT helpdesk automation goes further.

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Custom objects templates: Launch common data models faster | What's New

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How to Automate Employee Offboarding Without Security Gaps

When an employee’s final working day is recorded in the HR system, the offboarding process has only just begun. IT must remove access, equipment needs to be returned, HR has to schedule the exit interview, benefits teams may need to send a COBRA notification, and final documents must be completed. When these steps are handled separately and manually, important actions can be missed. So, what is employee offboarding automation?

Top 10 HR Workflows Every Team Should Automate in 2026

HR teams automate many routine tasks today, but the bigger opportunity lies in knowing which complete workflows are worth automating next. The strongest HR workflows to automate are processes that run repeatedly, involve several teams or systems, and follow a clear sequence from trigger to completion.