> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.staffer.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Set up your workspace and take your first job from brief to first message.

This takes about half an hour, most of it waiting for a search to finish. You need a work email address. Personal addresses such as Gmail or Outlook.com can't sign up.

## 1. Create your account and workspace

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up">
    Go to [app.staffer.com](https://app.staffer.com) and click **Continue with Google** or **Continue with Microsoft**, or click **Create account** to sign up with your email and a password.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find your company">
    Paste your company's website and click **Lookup company**. If Staffer recognizes it, click **Use this**. If not, click **Setup manually**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review your workspace">
    Check the name, industry, website, size, headquarters and description, and add a logo, cover photo and brand color if you have them. Candidates see these on your listings. Click **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let research run">
    Staffer reads public information about your company to build its company knowledge. It usually takes 30 to 60 seconds. You can click **Skip and continue** at any time: research carries on in the background.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite your team, or skip">
    Add teammates' emails and roles and click **Complete**, or click **Skip for now**. You can invite people later from **Settings**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Your organization starts with \$100 of credits for AI work such as chat, searches and scoring. See [How pricing works](/pricing/how-it-works).

## 2. Create your first job

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the role">
    On the home page, write a short description of a job you're hiring for in the box that says **Describe the role you're hiring for…** and press Enter. Include where the person works, whether it's full-time, and what separates a strong candidate from an average one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the criteria">
    The job opens on its **Brief** tab. Read the **Required** and **Preferred** criteria carefully: every candidate is scored against them. Delete what doesn't belong and add what's missing. Changes save on their own.
  </Step>
</Steps>

See [Write the brief](/companies/brief-criteria) for what makes a good criterion.

## 3. Find candidates

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask for a search">
    In the chat on the left, write something like "search for candidates in Norway". The agent turns the brief into several searches and runs them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for results">
    Open the **Scouting** tab to watch the results arrive. A search usually takes a few minutes. When it's done, the agent posts a summary in the chat.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Shortlist and promote">
    Click the bookmark next to the people you want, so they appear in the **Shortlist** group. Then click **Promote** on the **Shortlist** group to move them into the job's **Candidates** tab.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Promoting doesn't contact anyone. See [Shortlist and promote candidates](/companies/shortlist-and-push).

## 4. Send the first message

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a candidate">
    On the **Candidates** tab, click a candidate. Their **Process** tab opens with a suggested next action, usually **Send intro outreach** with a drafted message.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add their email address">
    Staffer's candidate database doesn't include email addresses. Click **Request contact info** on the profile panel to look one up, or add it yourself with **+ Add** next to **Email**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit and send">
    Read the draft, change what you'd like, and click **Send**. The message includes a private link where the candidate can follow their application.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 5. Optional next steps

* Add a process: on the **Process** tab, add steps such as a review, a questionnaire or an AI interview, then click **Save**. See [Build a hiring process](/companies/build-a-process).
* Publish a listing: on the **Listing** tab, click **Generate from brief**, check the text, then click **Publish**. See [Create and publish a listing](/companies/publish-a-listing).
* Work through your candidates: the **Applications** page in the sidebar lists everyone across your jobs with their next action. See [Next actions](/companies/recommended-actions).