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# Create Your First Candidate
In this guide we'll be going through the steps of creating a new candidate profile.
There are a few methods you can follow in order to create a new candidate profile.
1. Drag & Drop the candidate's CV (from your computer or smartphone)
2. Input the candidate's basic information by completing a form.
3. [Forward an email with the candidate's CV attached.](broken://pages/QnmDCxqE7zgSB31NU4Hi)
To get started, navigate to **Manage->Candidates** then press thebutton.
Manage Candidates - New Candidate
You will be presented with the new candidate form.
New Candidate Form
### 1. Upload CV
Drag & Drop a candidate CV file or press the button to select a file from your computer or smartphone. The CV file will be parsed and the form will be automatically completed with the extracted data.
### 2. Owner
All candidate's are assigned a KISREC user as the owner and defaults to the user who is creating the profile. Setting the owner here is not a permanent assignment, it can be changed at any time. The owner can be used to filter the items in the [candidate search](/candidates/manage-candidates/candidate-search.md). It does not impose any restrictions for other users.
### 3. Address Search
Use the address search to quickly find and auto complete the address from fields.
### 4. Available Date
Select the date that the candidate will be available. The available date is used to order the items the [candidate search](/candidates/manage-candidates/candidate-search.md) results and can also be updated with the [called in available](/candidates/called-in-available.md) feature.
### 5. Discipline
To assign a discipline, select from the available items in the dropdown list.
You can assign multiple discipline's as shown here:
Assign One or Moew Discipline's
Press the  icon to remove an assigned discipline if needed.
### 6. Add Discipline
If a discipline is missing from the dropdown list, you can press the **Add** button to add to the list.
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Adding discipline's is an administrative function. The add button will only be visible if your user account has been granted the Administrator permission.
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## Saving & Form Validation
All the mandatory form fields must be completed and contain valid data before the profile can be created.
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The save button will be disabled if the form has any validation errors.
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Here is an example where the email is not in the correct format and the mobile phone number is missing:
Incorrect Email & Missing Mobile Phone
Press thebutton to create the new candidate profile.
You will then be taken to the full [candidate profile](/candidates/candidate-profile.md) where you can enrich the profile further and perform other functions such as sending a registration form, upload documents and more.
