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title: How to use your dashboard
description: Your CareerPlug Dashboard provides a high-level overview of your hiring status, shows activity in your account, shows you what upcoming interviews you have, and lists what actions you should take in your account. This article is a helpful overview so you can get the most out of your dashboard and your CareerPlug account.
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# How to use your dashboard
Your CareerPlug Dashboard provides a high-level overview of your hiring status, shows activity in your account, shows what upcoming interviews you have, and lists what actions you should take in your account.
##### In this article:
- [Hiring Overview](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#hiring-overview)
- [Your To-Do's](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#to-dos)
- [Upcoming Interviews](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#upcoming-interviews)
- [Applicant Flow Chart](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#applicant-flow-chart)
- [Quick View Careers Pages](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#careers-pages)
- [Get Started Widget](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-use-your-dashboard#get-started-widget)
### Hiring Overview
At the top of your Dashboard, you'll see the number of new applicants, applicants in progress, active jobs, and jobs that can be reviewed. You can think of this as a shortcut to your most essential pages.
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Selecting **New Applicants** will take you to view applicants who have applied since you have last reviewed your applicants page. You can review new applicants immediately for open roles and move them through your [hiring pipeline](https://support.careerplug.com/managing-your-hiring-pipeline?hsLang=en).
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Selecting **Applicants in progress** will take you directly to your [Applicants board view](https://support.careerplug.com/managing-your-applicants?hsLang=en), where you can see anyone who has applied to your open jobs, including disqualified and inactive candidates.
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Selecting your **Active Jobs** will take you directly to your [**Jobs** main page](https://support.careerplug.com/using-your-job-profile-page?hsLang=en). Here you can review what jobs you are currently hiring for, see [Smart Suggestions](https://support.careerplug.com/more-effective-hiring-with-smart-suggestions?hsLang=en) to make your job posting as attractive as possible to possible job seekers, create a new job posting, or edit a current one.
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Selecting **Jobs need review** will take you to only your current job postings that are considered Critical under [Smart Suggestions](https://support.careerplug.com/more-effective-hiring-with-smart-suggestions?hsLang=en). Implementing these suggestions can help improve visibility for your current job and increase the quality of applicants you receive.
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Click the **+ Create New** button to the right of the Dashboard to [post a job](https://support.careerplug.com/job-board-best-practices?hsLang=en) (by selecting **Use a Job Template** or **Create From Scratch**), [add a candidate](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-manually-upload-candidates#uploading-candidate-manually) (by selecting **Manually Add an Applicant**), or [add an existing member](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-a-user?hsLang=en) of your team to your account (by selecting **Add Teammate**).
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### Your To-Dos
Your To-Dos list shows what tasks you should take immediate action on. This can include jobs that need reviewed, new applicants to open jobs, onboarding and retention tasks that need your attention, and more.
![To dos \[overview dashboard\] (1.26.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/To%20dos%20%5Boverview%20dashboard%5D%20(1.26.26).png?width=638&height=526&name=To%20dos%20%5Boverview%20dashboard%5D%20(1.26.26).png)
Selecting any items here will bring you directly to that part of the CareerPlug system.
![To Dos \[main page\] (1.26.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/To%20Dos%20%5Bmain%20page%5D%20(1.26.26).png?width=638&height=526&name=To%20Dos%20%5Bmain%20page%5D%20(1.26.26).png)
### Upcoming Interviews
Any upcoming interviews you have scheduled will be listed here. From here you can also reschedule or cancel an interview, or view the applicant’s profile.
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Click the **three-dots icon** to **Cancel** or **Reschedule** an interview.
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[Learn more about rescheduling and cancelling interviews.](https://support.careerplug.com/cancelling-or-rescheduling-interviews?hsLang=en)
### Applicant Flow Chart
Each bar represents how many applicants you received on each day in the given time frame. The status of each applicant is their current status.
Click either of the dates at the top of the chart to change the time frame for the chart.
### Quick access careers page
From your Dashboard, you can quickly navigate to your careers page (by clicking on **Careers Page**), edit your current careers page (by clicking on the down arrow icon and then **Edit Careers Page**), or print a poster with a [custom QR code](https://support.careerplug.com/sharing-your-job-on-external-sources#QRcode) that will send potential applicants straight to your company's careers page (by selecting **Print Poster w/ QR Code**).
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[Learn more about the importance of your careers page and how to configure it. ](https://support.careerplug.com/configuring-your-careers-page?hsLang=en)
### Achievements and Recent Activity
On the top right side of the Dashboard, you will see your progress towards Achievements. Achievements are calculated weekly and can help responsible employers attract more qualified applicants.
[Learn more about achievements and how they can improve your hiring.](https://support.careerplug.com/attracting-better-applicants-with-achievements?hsLang=en)
Below Achievements, you'll see Recent Activity within your account.
In Recent Activity, you can see when comments are made on an applicant's profile, when new applications come in, when new hires are made, and more. Most activity that happens in your account will be logged here.
### Get Started Widget
The Get Started widget is your one-stop shop for setting up your CareerPlug account. Here you can find your most essential tasks that will ensure you are getting the most out of your account, and it's where you should start when you sign into your account for the first time.
Each time you finish a step in the widget, it will automatically mark itself complete. Once all steps are completed, you can remove the widget entirely from your dashboard.
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**Set up a location** should already be complete, since you have created your account. Great job! You can use the **down arrow** on **Set up a location** to select **View Locations**. This will take you to your location settings where you can view your current locations, and add any necessary locations to your account.
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**Note: **Only [Admin users](https://support.careerplug.com/changing-a-users-access-level-permissions?hsLang=en) can add Locations to an account. An Admin User must contact [CareerPlug Support](https://support.careerplug.com/contacting-careerplug-support?hsLang=en) to delete locations in their account.
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Don't see a **plus (+) icon **on your Locations page? Your account might need approval to add a location. [Contact CareerPlug Support](https://support.careerplug.com/contacting-careerplug-support?hsLang=en) and include all required information for your new location (Name, Location Number/ID, City, ZIP Code, Country) in your request. We can help you add it to your account!
[Learn more about adding locations to your account.](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-locations?hsLang=en)
Clicking on **Create Job** from **Post your first job** will take you directly to creating a new job post. You can select from job templates your franchise has set up, or start from scratch.
![Get started widget \[jobs\] (1.27.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bjobs%5D%20(1.27.26).png?width=425&height=630&name=Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bjobs%5D%20(1.27.26).png)
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Learn more about [posting a job](https://support.careerplug.com/posting-a-job?hsLang=en) and [job board best practices](https://support.careerplug.com/job-board-best-practices?hsLang=en).
Clicking on **Add Teammate** from **Add a teammate** will take you directly to the **Create a new teammate **page. This is where you can add additional users in your CareerPlug account. These users can be current employees with whom you want to utilize [retention tools](https://support.careerplug.com/pulse-careerplugs-employee-engagement-survey?hsLang=en) or management that need access to job posts, hiring, and onboarding procedures.
![Get started widget \[teammate\] (1.27.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bteammate%5D%20(1.27.26).png?width=425&height=630&name=Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bteammate%5D%20(1.27.26).png)
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Learn more about [adding users](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-a-user?hsLang=en) to your CareerPlug account, and what [their access level](https://support.careerplug.com/changing-a-users-access-level-permissions?hsLang=en) in your account means.
Clicking on **Customize Notifications** from **Set up notifications** will take you directly to your notifications page in settings. This will allow you to customize the frequency of emails you receive about new applicants, applicant tasks, and hiring steps.
![Get started widget \[notifications\] (1.27.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bnotifications%5D%20(1.27.26).png?width=425&height=628&name=Get%20started%20widget%20%5Bnotifications%5D%20(1.27.26).png)
[Learn more about your notification settings. ](https://support.careerplug.com/managing-notification-settings?hsLang=en)
Clicking on **Set Up Calendar** from **Set up your calendar** will take you to the Calendars page in your settings. From here, you can connect your work calendar from a number of providers or customize your availability to allow applicants to select available interview dates and times.
![Get started widget \[Calendar\] (1.27.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Get%20started%20widget%20%5BCalendar%5D%20(1.27.26).png?width=425&height=626&name=Get%20started%20widget%20%5BCalendar%5D%20(1.27.26).png)
Learn more about [getting started using Autopilot](https://support.careerplug.com/getting-started-using-autopilot?hsLang=en), CareerPlug's automatic interview scheduler. Internal statistics show that managers who use Autopilot during the hiring process **cuts their interview scheduling time by up to 91%** and **get up to 8x more interviews scheduled**!
Finally, clicking on **Learn More** from **Explore workflows and tasks** will take you to the Workflows main page under your Team. From here, you can create a new workflow, utilize existing partnership workflows or pre-loaded workflows, and assign tasks to employees. Workflows not only help you onboard new hires quickly and efficiently, saving you time and money, but also allow you to keep connected with current employees and improve your retention rates.
![Get started widget \[Workflows\] (1.27.26)](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Get%20started%20widget%20%5BWorkflows%5D%20(1.27.26).png?width=425&height=624&name=Get%20started%20widget%20%5BWorkflows%5D%20(1.27.26).png)
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