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# How to create a new employee
When a new employee enters your organization, of course you want to start monitoring their skills as soon as possible. Just a few small steps in AG5 and you will be able to do just that!
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Please note: If AG5 is connected with your HR system for importing employees, we do not recommend manually creating employees in AG5 as these are automatically created within your HR system.
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* **Go to the Employees tab**
* This is where all employees already in AG5 are listed, and where new employees can be created.
* **Click the Create employee button:** 
* **Enter employee data**
* Most fields are self-explanatory.
* 'Last name' is the only strictly mandatory field
* That said, if an employee should have access to their own portfolio, then an email address is also required. This is because AG5 requires an email address for [user account creation](/accounts-roles-and-permissions/user-accounts.md).
* 'Contract period' determines an employee's visibility in other areas of AG5, such as matrices, organizational structures, the alert list and expert finder. If an employee's 'Until' date is set to a past date, then the employee is inactive and will **not** appear in matrices, organizational structures or the alert list.\
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* Click Save: 
You've now created a new employee! Great job. The next step to managing this employee's skills is granting them a position. Positions can include various positional data, such as job roles, departments, locations, etc.
Read in[ this article ](/employees/employee-position.md)how to add positions and how to work with them.
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