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You can apply to any open listing on Staffer, with or without a Staffer account. If a recruiter reaches out to you first instead, see When a recruiter contacts you.

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Find the listing

Job listings on Staffer live in three places: a company’s own career page, Staffer’s job board, or a direct link someone sent you. All three lead to the same listing page.

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Apply

Every open listing has one apply button. It works the same on the job board, a company’s career page and your Staffer dashboard.
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Click apply

You’ll choose how to send your application next.
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Pick your Staffer resume or upload a CV

Send your Staffer profile as it is, or upload a CV (PDF or .docx, up to 10 MB). Applying with your Staffer resume needs you to sign in with Google, Microsoft or LinkedIn. If you haven’t set up your profile yet, Staffer takes you through that first. See Sign in and Claim your profile.
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Check your details

If you uploaded a CV, Staffer reads it and fills in your Name and Email. Anything you’ve already typed stays as you typed it.
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Submit

A privacy notice explains how your details are used. You don’t have to tick anything to apply. One optional box asks if you’d like to be considered for other roles at the company later.
There’s no message box. The company acknowledges every application, so you don’t need to write a cover note.

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What happens after you apply

  • If you applied without an account, you’ll get an email confirming it, with a private link you can use to follow the application from there. No sign-in needed. If you applied while signed in, it shows up straight away in your applications list.
  • The company reviews your application. See Track your applications for the stages you’ll see.
  • You may get steps to complete, like a questionnaire, an AI interview, or booking a time to meet the team, once the company moves you into their process. See Screening steps.

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Applying twice

If you upload a CV again with the same email, Staffer recognizes you and offers Resend my link instead of letting you submit a new application. If you’re signed in and already applied to a job, you’ll see “You already applied to this role” instead of the apply button. Applying twice with two different emails, or once with your Staffer resume and once with an uploaded CV, can create two separate applications for the same job. Stick to one method and one email if you want to be sure it stays one application.

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Closed listings

Once a job stops taking applications, its listing shows Applications closed instead of the apply button. Expired listings don’t show up in job search or on the job board. If you’d already applied before it closed, that doesn’t change anything for you: your application keeps moving through the company’s process as normal.

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Common questions

No. Uploading a CV only needs your CV, name and email. Applying with your Staffer resume needs you to sign in.
PDF or .docx, up to 10 MB.
Yes. Upload it from the Resume tab on your application. The company’s score for your application is updated from the new CV.
Use the private link from your confirmation email. It works without signing in. See When a recruiter contacts you for how that link works.
Reading your CV is best-effort. If it misses something, fix the fields yourself before you submit. Your original file is always saved and sent to the company either way.

When a recruiter contacts you

What happens if a company reaches out to you first instead.

Track your applications

Where to see every application and what stage it’s at.