Keeping all those plates in the air requires some serious investment. But, do you even have time to test different HR communication tools and figure out which employee onboarding software works best for all employees?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, the good news is: there\u2019s a team communication app that can help you replace all those tools and maintain control of all stages of the employee lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pumble by CAKE.com<\/a> is an all-in-one messaging and video conferencing<\/a> platform that can act as your team\u2019s digital HQ<\/a> while also helping you integrate new hires into the company culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this guide to Pumble for HR teams<\/a>, you\u2019ll see what your company\u2019s employee lifecycle can look like if you follow the Pumble playbook.<\/p>\n\n\n As the first stage of the employee lifecycle, recruitment is a crucial part of work in human resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HR professionals need to be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, when you\u2019re hiring people for different departments and teams within your organization, this process can get more than a bit confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s where Pumble<\/a> comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Pumble, conducting multiple hiring processes at the same time will become a breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can create <\/strong>private channels<\/strong><\/a> to make discussions surrounding different role hiring processes confidential. If you keep all information about specific candidates in the threads under your messages<\/a> (as shown below), you\u2019ll be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond organizing your channels<\/a> to keep track of different hiring processes, you can also use Pumble to conduct online interviews<\/strong>. The app even has a Google Calendar integration<\/a>, allowing you and your prospective job candidates to join meetings right from Google Calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And, if you prefer to give people a trial period or an internship before making a formal job offer, you can still give them partial access to your Pumble workspace with guest access accounts<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n \ud83c\udf93 PUMBLE PRO TIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Interested in learning more about Pumble\u2019s guest access feature? Check out this article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Discuss candidates in private channels, conduct interviews, and create guest access accounts.<\/p>\n\n Once you find the perfect candidates to bring into the fold, you\u2019ll also have to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without proper processes in place, this stage of the employee lifecycle can be chaotic and overwhelming for new hires and HR professionals alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, unlike new hires, HR teams have the power to make employee onboarding less chaotic by creating processes that increase employee engagement and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s how Pumble can help you do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to make sure your new hires have everything they need to hit the ground running on day one, you\u2019ll need to do some setting up in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For one, you could welcome all new hires by creating a group chat with their manager as well as a work buddy<\/strong>, as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n You could also make it so the new users you add to your Pumble workspace are all automatically added to certain channels<\/strong><\/a>, such as the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On top of that, managers can manually add their new team members into channels that may not be relevant to all new hires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With Pumble\u2019s unlimited searchable message history<\/strong> (which is also available to free users<\/a>), new hires should be able to easily get up to date on everything that\u2019s been going on in the channels they\u2019ve been added to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf93 PUMBLE PRO TIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Having new members automatically join certain channels is one of Pumble\u2019s hidden gems. To discover the rest, check out this guide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Automatically add new users to all relevant channels and connect them to work buddies.<\/p>\n\n Beyond finding new talent and helping them gain their footing in their organization, HR professionals are also tasked with maintaining a positive company culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One way to create a positive work environment<\/a> would be to enact policies that prevent workplace bullying<\/a> and other signs of toxic work culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, you can also increase employee retention<\/a> by creating an environment where employees feel encouraged to forge personal connections amongst themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, let\u2019s see how you might do that with Pumble by CAKE.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to offering unlimited message history, Pumble also lets all users create as many channels as they need in their workspaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This freedom lets you create channels for discussing all sorts of topics<\/strong> \u2014 and not just work-related ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you create your workspace, Pumble will automatically generate the #general<\/em> and #random<\/em> channels, which you can use for formal announcements and informal conversations, respectively. However, if you want to bring your employees closer together<\/strong>, you can also create channels like the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aside from that, you can also encourage your employees to build connections<\/strong> through other communication channels<\/a>, like voice and video messages<\/strong><\/a> and calls.<\/p>\n\n\n So, if you\u2019re looking to improve the employee experience<\/a> in your organization, make sure your employees know about these features<\/strong> \u2014 especially if they\u2019re remote-first workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Pumble helps you connect employees across departments.<\/p>\n\n Of course, working in human resources isn\u2019t all<\/em> fun and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, it\u2019s about making sure your employees have everything they need to keep developing their professional skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, like most of the other stages of the employee lifecycle, this one often relies on collaboration technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the wrong tools, the materials needed for training and development can get scattered and lost across different platforms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then again, if you use Pumble as your digital workspace, your employees will be able to easily find and access all those materials without having to switch too many tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pumble has many features that can help you promote employee training and development in your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For one, you can use it to set up a dedicated <\/strong>#training-resources <\/em><\/strong>channel<\/strong>, where you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Employees should also find Pumble\u2019s message reminder feature<\/strong><\/a> useful when they need to follow up on required training or to make sure they don\u2019t forget to respond to an announcement, as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n Naturally, Pumble is also the perfect platform for hosting interactive educational workshops<\/strong>, allowing you to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you see that some employees require more hands-on guidance, you could even establish a mentorship program by creating a <\/strong>#mentorship<\/em><\/strong> channel<\/strong> where senior employees can share tips and their mentees\u2019 progress reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They can use DMs or group messages to share knowledge<\/a> with their junior coworkers. And, if your organization works on online documents, they will find Pumble\u2019s Google Drive integration<\/a> useful.<\/p>\n\n\n \ud83c\udf93 PUMBLE PRO TIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pumble is a great tool for knowledge sharing whether you\u2019re a corporate educator or a scholastic one. To learn more about how you can turn Pumble into a proper classroom, check out this resource:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invest in your team through Pumble<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n As we all know, people require continuous constructive feedback<\/a> to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, using the wrong communication channels can seriously affect both the frequency and the quality of the feedback employees receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Relying solely on infrequent performance reviews<\/a> can make employees feel more anxious about feedback or, worse still, stop caring about their work altogether, once they realize that only the weeks ahead of performance reviews matter, anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conversely, if you want to make feedback a part of everyday communication<\/strong> in your organization, you should start by encouraging two-way communication<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Knowing that giving feedback (or feedforward)<\/a> is a two-way street will make employees more inclined to take their superiors\u2019 feedback to heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, how can you use Pumble to create a feedback culture at work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The best way to promote a feedback culture in your organization is to create more opportunities for giving and receiving feedback<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, rather than waiting for the annual performance review to give someone their kudos (or even corrective feedback), try:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrate successes on Pumble<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then again, some kinds of feedback are better delivered face to face via a video call. Luckily, Pumble\u2019s Google Calendar integration lets you schedule recurring one-on-one meetings, letting you regularly check-in with your team members.<\/p>\n\n\n \ud83c\udf93 PUMBLE PRO TIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After a round of performance reviews, HR professionals are often given the dubious privilege of delivering some great (and not so great) news and announcements. If you tend to struggle with those kinds of tasks, here are some resources that might help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inefficient communication channels can obscure even your best attempts at policy communication, leading to widespread confusion among your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, whether you work in an office or have a more hybrid approach, email certainly isn\u2019t the best platform you could use. Important messages can get lost in cluttered inboxes<\/strong>, leaving only some<\/em> employees aware of any policy changes and announcements you send out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, is there a better way to make sure everyone gets the message?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pumble has several features that should make policy communication somewhat easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For one, you can post announcements in a public or private channel<\/strong> and make sure all relevant parties see them by using mentions<\/a> like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also make it so only certain people can post announcements in official channels by changing the channel posting permissions<\/a>. If you decide to only grant posting privileges to some higher-ups or members of the HR team, regular employees would be unable to post in the channel, unless you allow posting in the threads of your announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n \n Streamline your policy and leadership communication with Pumble.<\/p>\n\n It\u2019s no secret that Pumble is the ultimate communication solution for teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, in addition to providing great value to organizations in more general terms, Pumble can also be adjusted to suit the needs of specific departments within organizations \u2014 with HR being one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply put, Pumble can help HR teams manage the entirety of the employee lifecycle<\/strong>, replacing multiple HR communication tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use Pumble\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"How-HR-uses-Pumble-cover\"](\"https:\/\/pumble.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-HR-uses-Pumble.jpg\")
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