Getting started
A whirlwind tour of the Careers app — the sidebar, the home page, and where to find every major workflow.
Getting started
Five-minute orientation. Read it once and you'll know where everything lives.
The sidebar
The sidebar is your map. It's grouped into three blocks:
| Group | Items | What's there |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Home, Applicants, Uploaded Jobs, Public Jobs, Employers | The five primary workspaces. You'll spend most of your time in Applicants and the two job lists. Uploaded Jobs are your team's own postings (editable). Public Jobs is the curated feed Mapademics maintains for your organization (read-only). |
| Data Import | Data Import | Bulk uploads, import history, and the background-task monitor. |
| Settings | Settings | Organization settings, team management, the Resume Upload Widget, and Applicant Tracking statuses. |
At the very top of the sidebar you'll find:
- Your organization name and logo.
- A Help… field. Click it (or press ⌘K) to open Arlo, the in-app AI assistant.
At the bottom: your own user menu.
The Home page
The Home page is a dashboard of shortcuts, not a real workspace. You'll see:
- Get Started — three large cards for the most common first-time setup actions: adding applicants, adding your own jobs, and inviting your colleagues.
- Explore Your Data — quick links into the Applicants and Jobs lists.
- Quick Links — Settings and Users.
You can ignore Home once you're set up. Most days you'll go straight to Applicants.
Where each workflow lives
Use this table when you're not sure which sidebar item to click.
| You want to… | Go to | More |
|---|---|---|
| Add a single applicant. | Applicants → Add Applicant | Adding applicants |
| Let applicants submit themselves through your site. | Settings → Resume Upload Widget | The Resume Upload Widget |
| Bulk-upload a folder of resumes. | Data Import → Applicant Import | Bulk-importing data |
| Open one applicant and coach them. | Applicants → click a row | The applicant profile |
| Set or change an applicant's pipeline status. | Applicants → click the status pill on a row, or the badge in the applicant header. | Tracking applicants through your pipeline |
| Define what statuses your team uses. | Settings → Applicant Tracking | Applicant Tracking |
| See which jobs match an applicant. | An applicant's profile → Jobs tab | Matching applicants to jobs |
| Share a Skills Report with an applicant. | An applicant's profile → Share | Coaching with the Skills Report |
| Add a job your team is sourcing. | Uploaded Jobs → Add Job | Uploaded Jobs |
| Browse the curated job feed Mapademics maintains for you. | Public Jobs | Public Jobs |
| See which of your applicants match a job an employer is hiring for. | Employers → click an employer → Job Postings tab | Employers |
| Invite a teammate. | Settings → Users | Inviting your team |
| Watch an upload finish. | Data Import → Background Tasks | Bulk-importing data |
| Ask the in-app assistant a quick question. | Sidebar Help… or ⌘K | Arlo, your in-app helper |
Read this next
If you're new, the most useful next step is to add your first applicant. Continue with Adding applicants.