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Employee Onboarding Checklist Template

Give every new hire a clear first-week plan with task owners, due dates, and checkboxes. A printable onboarding checklist for people operations and hiring managers.

Paper format: A4
Included: HTML layout + sample JSON
Customization: Content, colors, typography
Rendering: Handlebars + Chromium

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Preview the sample document, then make it yours. Change the layout in your editor or clone it into your RelayPDF dashboard to create an editable draft.

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This layout uses standard HTML and CSS with Handlebars fields. The preview is rendered from the downloadable source and sample data shown below.

Use the sample as a starting point. Your application supplies dates, labels, and calculated amounts; the template handles their presentation.

Personalize the design
Update the organization name, typography, and CSS accent colors. Replace the sample wording with content appropriate to your business.
Connect your data
Keep the field structure in the sample JSON and replace its values. Repeating arrays create the document’s rows or sections.
Preview, publish, generate
Test with your longest content. Publish the draft, then generate PDFs using its templateId and fresh templateData.

What you can customize

Field	Purpose
`company`	Your business identity and contact details.
`employee`	Editable document content. Replace the sample value with your own data.
`role`	Editable document content. Replace the sample value with your own data.
`manager`	Editable document content. Replace the sample value with your own data.
`startDate`	Date supplied by your application; ISO dates work with the template’s date formatter.
`tasks`	Repeatable checklist tasks and their accompanying details.
`welcomeNote`	Editable document content. Replace the sample value with your own data.

Start with real sample data

Download sample JSON ↓

Inspect sample JSON

templateData / JSON

{
  "company": "Northstar",
  "employee": "Jordan Ellis",
  "role": "Product Designer",
  "manager": "Alex Morgan",
  "startDate": "September 14, 2026",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "title": "Get connected",
      "description": "Set up your laptop, company email, and secure account access.",
      "owner": "IT team",
      "due": "Day 1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Meet your people",
      "description": "Meet your manager, onboarding buddy, and immediate team.",
      "owner": "Hiring manager",
      "due": "Day 1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Know the essentials",
      "description": "Review working agreements and complete your onboarding documents.",
      "owner": "People team",
      "due": "Day 2"
    },
    {
      "title": "See the product",
      "description": "Join a customer walkthrough and explore current design work.",
      "owner": "Product team",
      "due": "Day 3"
    }
  ],
  "welcomeNote": "Your calendar has space to learn. Bring questions, take notes, and ask your buddy for help whenever you need it."
}

Clone through the API

POST /v1/templates

curl https://api.relaypdf.com/v1/templates \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RELAYPDF_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Employee Onboarding Checklist Template","galleryId":"employee-onboarding-checklist"}'

This creates an account-owned draft. Publish it before using its slug or UUID as templateId with templateData on POST /v1/pdf. Follow the complete template workflow →

Will the PDF match this preview?

The preview uses the same HTML and sample data included with this template. RelayPDF renders HTML using Chromium. Use the document’s intended A4 paper size and enable print backgrounds. Review page breaks when you add longer content or more rows.

Can I use my own branding and data?

Yes. Edit the HTML and CSS, replace the sample values, and keep the field names your template expects. Save your customized draft in the dashboard and publish a version when it is ready for your application.