Give every new hire a productive day one and save your HR team 75 minutes of manual setup per person.
~1 hr
Saved / wk
Easy
Setup
No AI
AI
The moment Rippling processes a new employee, Make fires off two actions at once: it creates a first-week task list in ClickUp so they know exactly what to do, and sends them a Slack channel invitation so they can start connecting with teammates right away. Your new hires show up ready, not waiting.
~1 hr
Saved / Week
Easy to set up
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Connect Rippling, ClickUp, and Slack to Make.
Step 2: Create a ClickUp task list template with your standard first-week activities.
Step 3: Set the Make trigger to fire when a new employee is activated in Rippling.
Step 4: Map the employee's name, role, and team to the ClickUp task list.
Step 5: Add a Make step to invite the new hire to the correct Slack channels based on their department.
Step 6: Test with a real hire and confirm both ClickUp tasks and Slack invites are delivered before day one.
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