Your HR runs in eight stages. Here's the playbook for all of them.

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Eight stages, one employee story

Most HR problems aren't stage problems. Recruiting ran a good process, the reviews happened, someone did eventually plan the succession. What failed was the hand-off between one stage and the next — the part no single team owns. The playbook walks all eight and shows you where yours is leaking.

Attract & Hire

Run the Everyday

Onboard

Manage Performance

Develop Skills

Reward & Retain

Plan Ahead

Transition & Retire

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This isn't a brochure

Six of the eight stages are written to be useful whether or not you ever talk to us. The checklists work against any HR stack, including spreadsheets.
The last page is the honest version of the sales pitch: the eight stages, and what covers each one inside ClayHR.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the hire-to-retire employee lifecycle?
The hire-to-retire lifecycle is the full span of an employee's relationship with an organization, from the first job posting through onboarding, day-to-day HR administration, performance, development, compensation, workforce planning and finally offboarding. Managing it as one continuous process, rather than eight disconnected ones, is what removes the data loss and re-entry that happens at each hand-off.
What's in the playbook?
Fifteen pages covering eight lifecycle stages. Each stage has a checklist of what good looks like, three metrics that prove it's working, and considerations for organizations operating across multiple markets. It also includes a maturity check that scores your lifecycle out of 42, and a fillable 30-60-90 onboarding plan.
Is the Hire-to-Retire HR Playbook free?
Yes. The Hire-to-Retire HR Playbook is a free download from ClayHR. There is no purchase, trial or credit card required — the download asks only for a name, work email and employee count.
How is the Hire-to-Retire HR Playbook different from a product brochure?
Six of the eight stages in the Hire-to-Retire HR Playbook are written to be useful regardless of which HR system an organization runs, including spreadsheets. Only the final appendix maps the eight stages to ClayHR's modules.


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