Setup Your Profile

You can find your profile indicated with a circle on the top right of The Payroll Community with your photo or your initials.

Select Your Stated Interests:  Adding your stated interests is key to ensuring a great experience on The Payroll Community. Click "Add a Topic" from the top of your profile and add every topic and region you pay in to ensure you see content that is most relevant to you in your daily digest emails.  Check back periodically to update your stated interests to ensure you're receiving the best content for your needs.

Upload profile picture and bio: Showing your personality, expertise, the system you use, etc. is a great way to ensure you promote your personal brand and make it easier to find and connect with others with similar professional experience.  

Customize your profile settings: Start by finding the “My Account” tab in your profile. From here, the menu options allow you great control to adjust your privacy settings, update your email preferences, adjust your notification settings, and even add a signature to your discussion posts and questions.

Check Your Notification Settings: In the “Community Notifications” under the My Account menu of your profile, check your notification preferences. The default is to auto subscribe you to Daily Digests for most communities, including the Open Forum. You can adjust your email notifications to be Real Time, Daily Digest or No Email.

Connect with colleagues: Click the Directory menu in the top navigation bar. Type in a first name, last name or any relevant contact field and click the “Find Members” button. Once you identify a person  use the buttons to either  send them a message or add them as a contact. 

Alternatively, you can click their name to view their profile and select the “Add as Contact” button beneath their profile photo.

Join the Conversation

Post a discussion:

Click “Communities “in the navigation, select “My Communities” and then choose from your list of communities you belong and navigate there to post. From the community home page, click the “Start a Post” button.

Alternatively, from the community home page, you can also click on the “discussion” tab, and select Start New Thread, or you can click Create from the top right of The Payroll Community and select Discussion thread or Q&A Thread to add a post to any of your communities.

Open Forum

In the Open Forum community, you will have the option to choose between a Question (requiring a definitive answer) or a Discussion (open-ended) whenever you start a new thread. The post will display a different icon depending on what type of thread they are (Discussion or Question).

If you’re answering a question posted by another user, click the “Answer” button beneath their question. You can also show support by indicating “I have this answer too.”

If a question receives the correct resolution or answer, the original poster can mark that reply using the "Mark as Best Answer."  That answer will then appear at the top of the thread and will be marked as “Best Answer.” This indicates the original poster is no longer looking for responses to their question, though others can still join in.

If you would like to reply to a discussion post, simply click Reply to the right of a post to respond. You can also recommend a discussion post.