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title: "Create Your First Candidate | Manatal ATS | Documentation"
slug: "create-your-first-candidate"
description: "Explore our AI-powered ATS features and learn how you can create candidate profiles. Discover our various sourcing features & recruit better, faster, smarter."
updated: 2026-04-16T10:31:55Z
published: 2026-04-16T10:31:55Z
canonical: "support.manatal.com/create-your-first-candidate"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Creating 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 add applicants to your Manatal database.

While your [career page](https://support.manatal.com/docs/advanced-career-page) and your [job boards postings](https://support.manatal.com/docs/publish-your-job-opening-in-job-boards) represent different channels (passive ones at that), we've got a few options for when you're feeling proactive:

1. [Drag & Drop the candidate's CV or Resume](https://support.manatal.com/docs/create-a-candidate#1-drag-amp-drop-resume) (from your computer or your smartphone).
2. [Browse LinkedIn and save candidate's profile with a Chrome extension.](https://support.manatal.com/docs/create-a-candidate#2-linkedin-chrome-extension)
3. [Forward an e-mail with the candidate's CV attached.](https://support.manatal.com/docs/create-a-candidate#5-forward-an-email-with-the-candidates-cv-attached-for-a-specific-job)

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In this guide, we will explore the first option: **Dragging & dropping the candidate's CV or Resume**

[Create a candidate by drag and drop resume Video](https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/zvcpk7q1bz?seo=false&videoFoam=true)

  

1. From any page ([click here](https://app.manatal.com/dashboard) to open Manatal), click on the "+" button on the top right corner of your screen and select "Create a candidate" ![Pasted_Image_29_10_19_10_49.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Pasted_Image_29_10_19_10_49.png)
2. Click on "Upload a Resume". ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/image%2868%29.png)
3. Drag & drop - or upload - the candidate's CV or Resume file (.pdf, .doc, .docx and .rtf are all supported formats) from your computer: ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/image%282%29.png)
4. The candidate's CV/Resume will then be parsed and all data will be automatically extracted (Contact info, professional experience, education,...) by our parser within a few seconds. ![Jobs.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Jobs%282%29.png)