First employee, set up right
The offer letter, hiring forms, training and records in one place, with a plan you reuse for every next hire.
- AI suggests your first hire's steps for your state
- I-9 and W-4 on the first-day list, so nothing is missed
- The offer letter signed online by both of you, then filed
Your first hire, and your first HR paperwork
Nobody hands owners a checklist for the first employee. You learn it as you go.
Forms you've never filled
The offer letter, Form I-9, Form W-4, the state's new-hire report: each has its own form and its own deadline.
It all lives in your inbox
The signed offer is an attachment in an email thread, the I-9 is in a drawer, and nothing says what's done.
Miss a date, pay a fine
Section 2 of Form I-9 is due within 3 business days of the first day, and federal fines for I-9 paperwork are counted per person.
Set up your first hire in three steps
Setup takes one afternoon, once. Every hire after that starts from the same plan.
- 1Fill in your company profileYour state, industry and size shape what AI suggests, and what it checks before anything goes out.
- 2Send the offer letterInvite your new hire by email and send the offer for signature. You both sign online.
- 3Plan their first weeksStart from a template or let AI suggest the steps. Your new hire sees the list when they sign in.
See FirstHR your way
Click through it, watch it, or get a demo of just the parts you need.
Product tour
Short click-through tours of onboarding, documents, training, your team and what employees see. No signup.
Demo videos
Short videos of each job in FirstHR, start to finish.
Your own demo
Tell us what you need and get a playlist of just those clips.
From the offer to the first check-in
Everything about your first hire, in one profile.
Pam BeeslyYour first hireFrom signed offer to trained employee, in one plan
Your first hire's first month in one plan: what they sign, do and learn, phase by phase.
Reviews
"Solid app with a ton of features that cover all HR needs. I'm impressed by how well the app is organized and how easy it is to navigate."
Iskandar ChacraHead of Engineering, Ultraspeaking"FirstHR centralises every HR process, from hiring to firing, in a sleek and user-friendly interface. Especially noteworthy is its modern design."
Daniel RödlerCo-founder, Octomind"There are many HR tools out there but firstHR manages to combine lots of features into one package very well and all with an affordable price tag."
Johnberg ArslanCo-founder, AppManagerFirstHR in the press
A free trial with no strings attached
When the 7 days are up, the trial simply stops. There's no card on file, so nothing renews and there's nothing to cancel.
- Sign-up in a couple of minutes
- Every feature from day one, like the paid plans
- No credit card
- Support from real people, like the paid plans
Your first hire is a big day. It's also the day you become an employer, and nobody hands you the list: an offer to sign, two forms with deadlines, a report to your state. Nobody handed me one either. So FirstHR puts that list in front of you with every date on it, and the first week can be about the person, not the forms. Then save that week as a plan. Hire number two starts from it, not from a blank page.
Free help with your first hire
Templates, guides and tools from our library. Free, and no sign-up needed.
Questions about the first hire
Teams like yours
Where your company goes after the first hire. FirstHR grows with it.
Set up your first hire in an afternoon
The offer letter, hiring forms, training and records in one place. Sign-up takes a couple of minutes.
- 7-day free trial
- No credit card required
- Nothing to cancel