Commercial use case
NFC Business Cards for Employee Onboarding
How HR teams add branded NFC business cards to onboarding kits: bulk profile setup from a single employee sheet, reorders every joining cycle, and no reprints when roles change.
Short answer
HR teams issue NFC business cards in onboarding kits by approving one branded design once, sharing each joining cycle's employee sheet (name, designation, phone, email), and reordering from the design on file — each card opens the new employee's own editable digital profile.
A business card in the day-one kit signals that a new hire is part of the team — but paper cards are usually the last item to arrive and the first to go stale.
With NFC cards, HR orders from a design already on file, profiles are set up in bulk from the joining sheet, and a promotion later means a profile edit, not a reprint.
The onboarding flow
The company approves a branded card design once. Each joining cycle, HR shares the new employees' details and orders that many cards — production takes 7-10 business days, so cards can be timed to joining dates.
Each employee receives the company card opening their own profile: contact details, designation, office address, and company links, editable as their role evolves.
- One design approval, reused every cycle
- Bulk profile setup from the joining sheet
- Cards timed to joining dates
- Profiles editable through role changes
- Exit handling: retire or reassign the profile
Why HR teams prefer this over paper
Paper cards are reprinted at every designation change and discarded at every exit. An NFC card's printed surface carries only the brand and the employee's name, so the card survives organizational change.
Procurement stays simple: one vendor, one GST invoice per cycle, and a dedicated account manager who keeps the design and profile format consistent.
Where 1Card fits
1Card has run employee card rollouts for Indian companies since 2014, including teams at large corporates such as PwC, Alkem, and Marico. Enterprise orders start at 10 cards, so monthly joining cycles of any size qualify.
Common questions
How long before joining day should HR place the card order?
Production takes 7-10 business days after details are confirmed, so ordering two weeks before the joining date is comfortable for most cycles.
Can the same card design be reused for every joining batch?
Yes. The approved design stays on file; each batch only needs the new employees' details.
What happens to the card when an employee resigns?
The digital profile is retired or reassigned. The design on file is reused for the replacement hire's card.