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title: Handling rehires' Onboarding paperwork
description: CareerPlug defaults prevent you from assigning the same Onboarding checklist to an employee after they have already completed it. However, if you have made a rehire, you can work around this! Learn how you can easily manage a rehire in CareerPlug.
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# Handling rehires' Onboarding paperwork

CareerPlug defaults prevent you from assigning the same Onboarding checklist to an employee after they have already completed it. However, if you have made a rehire, you can work around this.

### Cloning an existing Onboarding checklist

The first thing you need to do is to clone the checklist that you will be using for your rehires.

In Onboarding, navigate to **Account \> Settings** and scroll down to the Checklists section. Find the checklist you want to copy and click **Clone**.

![1-Jan-15-2025-07-20-15-0114-PM](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1-Jan-15-2025-07-20-15-0114-PM.png?width=688&height=115&name=1-Jan-15-2025-07-20-15-0114-PM.png)

This will create a copy of the checklist, which you will need to rename. [Make any edits to your checklist](https://support.careerplug.com/editing-an-onboarding-checklist?hsLang=en) and click **Update Checklist** to save.

![2-Jan-15-2025-07-20-34-7316-PM](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2-Jan-15-2025-07-20-34-7316-PM.png?width=688&height=317&name=2-Jan-15-2025-07-20-34-7316-PM.png)

### Assigning an Onboarding checklist to rehires

If you have not already done so, [upload all rehires to Onboarding](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-an-employee-to-onboarding?hsLang=en).

In Onboarding, locate the rehire checklist you created by navigating to **Account \> Settings** and scrolling down to the Checklists section. Click **Assign**.

![3-Jan-15-2025-07-20-55-6441-PM](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3-Jan-15-2025-07-20-55-6441-PM.png?width=688&height=132&name=3-Jan-15-2025-07-20-55-6441-PM.png)

Select which users you want to assign the checklist to by clicking the **plus icon (+)** next to their names. Users you click will be added to Selected Employees. Click the **Assign** button to send the checklist.

![4-Jan-15-2025-07-21-08-6099-PM](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/4-Jan-15-2025-07-21-08-6099-PM.png?width=688&height=421&name=4-Jan-15-2025-07-21-08-6099-PM.png)

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