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title: Adding Autopilot to a new hiring process
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# Adding Autopilot to a new hiring process
**Note:** Only [Admin users](https://support.careerplug.com/changing-a-users-access-level-permissions?hsLang=en) can add Autopilot to a hiring process.
**With CareerPlug's [Hire](https://support.careerplug.com/benefits-of-a-careerplug-hire-subscription?hsLang=en) plan, Autopilot will automatically be added to all of your hiring processes and open jobs.** You'll only need to add Autopilot to any new hiring processes you create.
Watch [this video](https://www.loom.com/share/18e6dcb8b2324c3ead2456c7d5d6f808) to learn how to add Autopilot to your hiring process, or follow the steps below:
### To add Autopilot to a new hiring process:
1\. Navigate to **Company settings (gear icon) \> Hiring Tools \> Hiring Process**.
2\. Click the **plus icon (+)** and select **Create Blank Hiring Process** from the drop-down menu.
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If you have an existing Autopilot-enabled hiring process that you'd like to use as a starting point, select **Clone from Hiring Process** instead.
3\. [Configure your new hiring process](https://support.careerplug.com/creating-or-editing-a-hiring-process?hsLang=en) to meet your recruiting needs.
4\. Click the **plus icon (+)** on the **Autopilot** tile on the right side of the page to add an Autopilot hiring step to your hiring process. **You need at least one Autopilot hiring step in your hiring process for Autopilot to work.**
If you'd like to use Autopilot for all interview steps in your hiring process, you'll need to add an **Autopilot** hiring step in place of each interview step (i.e. if your business' hiring process typically includes both the **Phone Interview** and **In Person Interview** steps, don't add either of those steps and instead add two **Autopilot** hiring steps).
5\. Configure the following settings for any Autopilot hiring step you add to your hiring process:
- **Hiring step name** - Enter a different name for the hiring step if you'd like.
- *We recommend differentiating your Autopilot hiring steps (e.g. "Autopilot - 1st Interview" & "Autopilot - 2nd Interview" or "Autopilot - Phone Interview" & "Autopilot - In Person Interview").*
- **Select Hiring Tools** - Select any Scorecards you want to use for this hiring step.
- **Add External Link** - Add hyperlinks to external resources like interview guides, important documents, or supporting articles.
6\. When you are done configuring a hiring step, click the **Save Changes** button.
7\. Use the blue **up-and-down arrows** to re-order hiring steps according to your needs.
To get the most out of your Autopilot hiring process, we recommend including and ordering your hiring steps as such: **New Application \> Autopilot (1st Interview) \> Assessment \> Autopilot (2nd Interview) \> References \> Offer \> Background \> Hire**.
8\. Once you've finished configuring your hiring steps, click the **Save and Exit** button in the top-right corner of the page to create your new, Autopilot-enabled hiring process.
Here's more information on [creating and editing your hiring processes](https://support.careerplug.com/creating-or-editing-a-hiring-process?hsLang=en) in CareerPlug, as well as [adding your Autopilot-enabled hiring process to an open job](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-autopilot-to-a-new-job?hsLang=en).
If you create a new hiring process that doesn't include at least one Autopilot step, you'll see a **Use Autopilot** button next to it on your Hiring Process page. To fix this, click the **Use Autopilot** button and convert at least one of your interview steps to an Autopilot hiring step.
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