**How to Add an Employee.**

Adding employee details into the Konnect database is essential for bookings, rosters, timesheets, reporting, client preferences etc.

Click the following link to add an employee:

**<https://my.konnect.software/Employees>**

**or**

From the top menu, click on the **Employees tab.**

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From the drop-down menu, select **Your Employees.**

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Click on the green **+New Employee** button.

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The **Employee Profile** page will appear.

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Enter the **Employee Contact Details** into the required fields, as shown below.

![](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCS0VTamdZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--22f0b0d7c3a6d5196250026aa11c70de9640ebc4/dc4dc7f1a7188d5c.png)

You can assign a colour for each employee, so their bookings are visible at a glance.

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Click on the **colour** field, and the colour picker will appear. Select a colour.

![](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCRE84alFZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--dbc9f8115b94df0474fe339e6449e17d4311031c/114fca566c26d664.png)

Now, you can identify your employee in the system by this colour.

![](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCS2dTamdZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--30766cc7c247081697f95373c3c8f0a097ebf359/3a6ddd8a3d78e9e3.png)

The employee **Status** is set to **Active** by default, but you can change this to **Suspended** if needed.

You will need to suspend an employee’s profile if they no longer work for you.

![](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSzRTamdZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ed2e7aa96e964e34569c16eaa96fd43001c4fbd2/7d4238e27f65ecd7.png)

Once completed, click the blue **Save** button.

**Your new employee is now visible on the Konnect database.**