# Getting started

> Your first hour in Careers: fill your master profile, run a search, read a score, tailor a CV for one posting and put the application e-mail in your outbox.

Source: https://careers.geenius.io/docs/getting-started/

This walk-through takes about twenty minutes. You will fill your profile, run a search, tailor a CV and draft an e-mail. Nothing is sent.

## Before you begin

Careers is invite-only in early access. You need an account, which you get by [requesting access](/request-access/) and signing in once your place is ready. If you use Geenius OS you can sign in with that account.

The first page after sign-in is **Today**. It shows what is ready (profile, sender, mail key, Geenius OS link), drafts waiting for you, what goes out today and your stage counts. For a new account it shows three steps. They are the steps below.

## 1. Fill your master profile

Open **Profile**. You can import your existing CV (a PDF) to start, or start fresh. The profile has sections: headline and summary variants, skills, roles, projects, education, languages and rules per country. It saves as you type. Read [Master profile](/docs/master-profile/) for what each part is for.

Give every skill some **evidence**: the role or project where you used it. The evidence is what lets Careers say "covered".

## 2. Run a search

Open **Jobs**. Type what you look for into the search bar, for example `TypeScript React`. Use **Filters** for contract type, EU-friendly, languages and a rate floor, and **More boards** to choose the boards. Results are scored against your profile. Read [Searching](/docs/searching/).

## 3. Read a score

Click a result. The **Overview** tab shows the fit and its reasons: requirements you cover with the evidence behind them, and requirements that are missing. Missing stays missing and is not added to your CV.

Save the posting to your pipeline, or go to the next step.

## 4. Tailor a CV

On the posting, open the **CV** tab. Careers draws one tailored CV from your profile, with three to five key qualifications chosen for this posting. Pick a design, a length and a density from the presets, and read the CV. The **Letter** tab holds the cover letter. Read [Tailoring](/docs/tailoring/).

## 5. Draft the e-mail

Open the **E-mail** tab and create the draft. It uses the tailored letter, your tone and the CV as an attachment. Read it. You cannot send yet unless you have set up sending: see [Set up sending](/docs/mail-setup/). When you are ready, approve the exact message and it is scheduled.

> [!TIP]
> Do the first run with a posting you do not care about, and without sending. See how the outbox, the schedule and the cancel button behave before a posting that matters.

## What next

- [Searching](/docs/searching/) and the [morning digest](/docs/morning-digest/).
- [Designs and exports](/docs/designs-and-exports/).
- [Interview rehearsal](/docs/interview-rehearsal/).