How do I use kiosk mode for TempWorks onboarding?

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Kiosk mode lets you leave a shared device — a tablet or lobby computer — open to an onboarding form. The screen automatically clears between employees so no one's information lingers for the next person.

When to use kiosk mode

Use kiosk mode when applicants or new hires walk into your office and complete onboarding on a device you provide, rather than on their own phone or computer. It's designed for front-desk tablets and lobby kiosks where multiple employees use the same screen back-to-back.

How it works

Kiosk mode is a wrapper page that displays your onboarding form inside a full-screen frame. Two things keep it safe for shared use:

  • Auto-reset on inactivity. If no one interacts with the screen for 3 minutes, a 30-second countdown appears. If still no activity, the page reloads and returns to the start of the onboarding form — ready for the next person.

  • Manual Reset button. A Reset button is always visible in the top-right corner. Staff can tap it at any time to immediately clear the screen.

The kiosk frame shows your onboarding form exactly as an employee would see it on their own device, including any theme and logo you've applied — so your branding carries over without extra setup.

Setting up a kiosk

Step 1 — Get your kiosk URL

Your Onboarded contact will give you a kiosk URL specific to your account. It looks like this:

https://app.onboarded.com/tempworks/kiosk?render_url=[your-onboarding-link]

The render_url is your TempWorks onboarding link — typically a job-apply or branch-selection URL tied to your account. If you don't have it, reach out to your Onboarded contact before continuing.

Step 2 — Open the kiosk URL on your device

  1. Open a browser on the device you're using as the kiosk — tablet, desktop, or any device with a browser.

  2. Navigate to your kiosk URL. The page loads with your onboarding form in the center and a Reset button in the top-right corner.

  3. Put the browser in full-screen mode (usually F11 on desktop, or use your browser's full-screen option). This prevents employees from accidentally navigating away from the kiosk.

Keep the tab open
Don't close the browser tab. The kiosk runs as a persistent page — if the tab is closed and reopened, the session restarts, but any form data in progress is lost.

If your device runs dedicated kiosk-lockdown software instead of a standard browser — common on repurposed older office machines — add your kiosk URL to that software's list of allowed sites (often a config file) so the device can reach it. Lockdown software also keeps the browser from saving login details between sessions, which a standard browser can do even when told not to.

If your tablets are managed by an MDM, your IT team can push the kiosk URL to every device at once rather than opening it by hand on each one. Confirm with IT whether the tablets are enrolled before you start a branch rollout.

Step 3 — Hand off to each employee

  1. Direct the employee to the device. They complete the onboarding form normally.

  2. When they're done, they (or a staff member) can tap Reset to immediately clear the screen for the next person. If no one taps Reset, the screen clears automatically after 3 minutes of inactivity.

Branch selection

If your kiosk URL includes branch selection, employees see a screen asking them to pick a branch (searchable by postal code) before the onboarding form loads. Once they select a branch and tap Continue, the form opens with that branch pre-set.

Skip the picker for a single-branch kiosk

A kiosk that lives in one office doesn't need the picker. Add a branch parameter — set to that office's TempWorks branch ID — to the onboarding link you pass as your render_url. The form opens straight to the first question with the branch already applied, and tapping Reset returns to that same branch every time.

The picker is also skipped when your onboarding link points at exactly one job order. Onboarded reads the branch from that job order, so there's nothing for the employee to choose.

If you don't know the branch ID, ask your Onboarded contact before you deploy the link — a branch ID that doesn't exist in your TempWorks account stops the page with an error instead of falling back to the picker.

Troubleshooting

The screen isn't auto-resetting. The auto-reset only works when the onboarding form is served from the same domain as the kiosk page (app.onboarded.com). If your render_url points to a different domain, the inactivity timer is paused. Use the manual Reset button instead, and contact your Onboarded contact to get a same-domain URL.

The countdown appeared but the employee is still using the form. Any interaction — tap, scroll, or keystroke — resets the inactivity timer. If an employee is actively using the form, the countdown disappears as soon as they interact with it.

The page shows an invalid branch error. The branch ID in your render_url doesn't match a branch in your TempWorks account. Confirm the ID with your Onboarded contact, or remove the branch parameter so the kiosk falls back to the branch picker.

The form isn't loading. Check that the device has an internet connection and that the render_url in your kiosk URL is correct. You can paste just the render_url value into a new browser tab to verify it loads on its own.

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