New Employees

All paid employees are Prestarted through an iCIMS  integration as a part of the standard hiring process workflow and ICIMS orientation feature. Equifax I9 software system link is located in ICIMS under Helpful Links.

Students, Medical Residents and Unpaid Faculty Volunteers use the https://apps.hr.emory.edu/Orientation link to complete Orientation.

Note: All students are already register for an Orientation experience at the URL above.

If you have questions, please contact your hiring manager, HR representative, or HR Data Services.

 Updating Form I-9

Information about completing Form I-9

For assistance correcting or updating Form I-9, please contact your department's HR Representative, or HR Data Services. Equifax I9 software system link is located in ICIMS under Helpful Links or

 Faculty Volunteer Hiring Managers & Department HR Reps

 Pre-Start & Orientation Registration

Use the Pre-Start system  get employees up and running at https://apps.hr.emory.edu/Orientation

Once the unpaid Faculty Volunteer or Medical Residents are prestarted they can log in to the URL above.

Using this system, you can prepare the following services for new employees:

  • NetID Activation
  • UTS Exchange Email/Calendar Account Request (Automatic for all employees)
  • EmoryCard Selection and Billing
  • Orientation Registration (Mandatory for benefits-eligible Faculty and Staff)

 Required Information

Please have the following information for any employees you plan to Pre-Start

  • Legal Name
  • Social Security Number (Must be a valid, US Government-issued number)
  • Date of Birth
  • Employee's work Department Name/ID
  • Employee's Job Code/Job Title
  • Employee's Person Type: Faculty/Faculty Equivalent, Staff, Librarian or TEC Physician/SOM Faculty
  • Start Date
  • Emory Card/Prox Card and building access requirements; billing SmartKey if prox card is requested
  • Benefits Eligibility

If there is a problem,  please notify HR using the contact information below. Do not re-enter a pre-start. Re-entering a pre-start will only result in additional delays while HR merges duplicate records.

For assistance with Pre-Start, contact email RequestHRTS@emory.edu.