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title: "Resources > Create an Employee"
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Employees are created in the **resource **module and are usually controlled by a system administrator, designated role(s), or person(s) within your agency.

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## CREATE AN EMPLOYEE

To add a new employee go to:

- **Resources **module > **employee settings grid **> click **add new resource **button

![image](media://3c3953a5-79db-430d-ba30-cb792c96276c)

- Complete the necessary **new employee fields**
- The mandatory fields are highlighted in blue below

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **FIELD** | **DESCRIPTION ** |
| **Company*** | Select the company the employee belongs to |
| **Name*** | Name of the employee |
| **Initials*** | This will auto-populate, but can be amended |
| **Email*** | Leave this as the default: .dk |
| **Profit Centre*** | Select a profit centre from the drop down |
| **Title*** | Select the employee’s position from the drop down |
| **Primary Activity** | Select the employee’s primary activity from the drop down |
| **User Type*** | Select the user type:<br>- System administrator
- Advanced user
- Basic user |
| **Access Role*** | Select the access role for advanced and basic users |
| **Report Profile*** | Select a report profile from the drop down |
| **Nearest Supervisor** | Employee’s supervisor |
| **Traffic Manager** | Traffic Manager |
| **Timesheet Approver*** | Select a timesheet approver from the drop down |
| **Log-in Name*** | You can decide the format, however it is recommended to use the same format for all employees, e.g. email address |
| **Date of Employment** | Employee's start date |
| **Cost Price** | The employee’s cost to the business per hour. This is usually a blended rate according to their role. |
| **Average rate hour** | The employee’s standard charge out rate per hour. |
| **Time utilisation target** | The employee’s weekly billable hours target as a percentage e.g. 80% |
| **Copy Company Access from ** | Allows you to grant full access to all companies, limit access to the employees company or copy company access from another employee |
| **Copy Settings from ** | Allows you to copy settings from another employee |

- Click** ok**

![image](media://45757139-f10d-4d47-a92a-f2fdf40c8bed)

> ℹ️ A pop-up of the employee card will open. There are several attributes you may want to complete in the employee card to complete your employee set-up. Go to [https://tangram.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TGKB/pages/1414267162](https://tangram.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TGKB/pages/1414267162)  for more information.

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