The Employee Profile

The article outlines the tabs available on employee profiles in BambooHR, detailing how to reorder these tabs and fields. Key tabs include Personal, Job, Time Off, Timesheet, Documents, Benefits, Pay Info, Performance, Emergency, Notes, Training, and Onboarding/Offboarding. Users can customize the order of tabs by selecting "More" and then "Customize Tabs," allowing for a personalized layout. Additionally, fields within tabs can be reordered by accessing "Customize Layout > Reorder Fields." It is noted that not all tabs allow field editing. For further customization options, users are encouraged to contact Customer Service. The article emphasizes the importance of efficiently managing employee information through these features.

  • Feb 5, 2026
  • Knowledge

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The Employee Profile
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This feature is included in the Core, Pro, and Elite packages.

What tabs are available on the employee profile?

Purpose: To show you the tabs available on each employee's profile and how to reorder the tabs and fields, if desired.

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The employee profile

The following employee information tabs organize employee data:

  • Personal:Stores identification data for each employee such as their employee number, name, address, phone number, etc.
  • Job: Tracks data related to the employee's job (i.e., employment status, job information, and compensation).
  • Time Off:The one-stop location for managing time off information for your employee.
  • Timesheet:Shows the employee's time worked during the current pay period. (Add-on feature.)
  • Documents:Stores employee-specific documentation.
  • Benefits:Tracks the details about company benefit enrollment and eligibility and dependent information.
  • Pay Info:Shows only to employees in the US specifically added to BambooHR Payroll. Employees can see detailed paystub information here. (Add-on feature.)
  • Performance:Keeps track of employee goals, assessments, and peer feedback.
  • Emergency:Stores emergency contact information relevant to each employee.
  • Notes: Tracks various administrative notes regarding the employee.
  • Training:At-a-glance information about training requirements and details of completion.
  • Onboarding/Offboarding:Keeps track of tasks that need completion when someone gets hired or leaves your employment.

You can find additional tabs not shown above in the More menu at the end of all tabs (based on package selection).

BambooHR provides a set of standard tabs. To receive additional custom tabs, contact Customer Service.

Do you need to view profile data while working in another part of the system? Check out the Employee Snapshot feature!

Can I reorder tabs?

You can reorder the tabs by clicking More and selecting Customize Tabs.

Click and drag tabs to put them in your preferred order. Select OK when you are done.

Click here to learn more about adding custom tabs to your account.

Can I reorder fields?

When viewing an employee's profile, click Customize Layout > Reorder Fields in a tab's upper right-hand corner.

The option to edit fields is not available for all tabs.

  1. Click and drag fields to reorder them within their section.
  2. Click and drag sections of fields to move them to the desired location on the tab.

Once the fields are in the correct order, click OK.

Click here to learn more about adding custom fields to your account.

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