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# Bulk Upload Employees
This article guides you on how to onboard using the bulk upload option.
The bulk upload process helps you to onboard multiple employees at a time.
This allows you to onboard from a minimum of 1 to as many people as you have in your organization as long as the required information is correctly filled.
To bulk upload employees:
1. Navigate to **People** and click on the downward arrow to reveal the options.
2. Click on **Employees**.
3. On the top right corner of your screen, click on **Manage**.
4. Click on **Bulk Upload Employees**
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- Click on the **Download** to access the Excel spreadsheet.
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- Fill in their basic, employment, and compensation details. Ensure you have **[Created Paygrades](https://support.padehcm.com/en/articles/9246024-how-to-create-paygrades)** before adding employees.
- Click on **Upload Employee** to ensure that the information filled out is accessible.
For your new employees to have access to PaidHR, you need to approve them under **Needs Attention**.
1. Scroll to **People** and click on **Needs Attention**.
2. Select all the employees you want to approve and click on **Batch Approve** in the top right corner of your screen
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P.S: If the employees have been asked to self-onboard, you need to click on
**Invite Employees to Enter Their Own Details Online**
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The onboarding link will be sent to their registered email addresses to enable them to complete their onboarding.
However, if the link expires you will need to re-invite the employee by clicking on
**Re-invite** under **Needs Attention** under the **People** Module
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