Onboarding Newly Hired Berkeley Employees

Each Berkeley Regional Services (BRS) region are now officially coordinating all the onboarding activities for newly hired Berkeley employees in the departments/units they support.

They will:

  • Send new hire/rehire packages (via DocuSign) for new employee paperwork and coordinates work authorization verification appointments
  • Conduct onboarding sessions to complete the necessary hiring paperwork/verifications
    • Please note: Amid the current COVID-19 environment, onboarding appointments will be remote/virtual only.

Here is the breakdown of the regional onboarding teams. New hires will be contacted directly by the respective Onboarding Team(s) to schedule their onboarding/work authorization appointment and to coordinate their new hire paperwork electronically via a DocuSign packet.

Regions / for the departments they support:Onboarding Teams:
BEARS Region BEARS Regional Onboarding Team
BEST Region BEST Regional Onboarding Team
ERSO Region ERSO HR Team
ProS Region ProS Regional Onboarding Team
SHARE Region SHARE Regional Onboarding Team
Image of general timeline of steps to hire new people at Berkeley

Step 1

New hire receives and signs offer letter or appointment letter

Step 2

New hire receives their DocuSign packet with new hire paperwork and sets up (video) Onboarding appointment

Step 3

New hire completes their DocuSign packet - this includes completing section 1 of Form I-9 prior to their start date and section 2 at their Onboarding appointment

Step 4

New hire receives an email 24 hours prior to their scheduled Onboarding appointment with the online meeting link

Step 5

New hire attends their remote Onboarding appointment

Step 6

New hire receives their Employee ID Number (EID) in a separate Welcome Email and begins completing the "Starting a new Job at Berkeley" Next Steps Checklist actions