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# Care Friends Recruiter Guide

Watch this short introduction video from our founder and CEO Neil Eastwood to find out how Care Friends can help you with recruiting new staff:

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**Bookmark this page** for future reference, or access it at any time from the help centre in your portal. Simply click the chat icon in the bottom right corner of your screen and type **'recruiter guide'** into the **'Search for help'** field:

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**Best practice tips**

First up, watch this video for best practice tips from a recruiter who has been using Care Friends for over a year

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**Recruiter highlights from our step-by-step guides**

**Job ads**

* [Advice on writing a job advert](https://intercom.help/care-friends/en/articles/4733324-advice-on-writing-your-job-advert) from our founder, recruitment and retention expert, Neil Eastwood
* [Adding a job](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4277168-adding-a-job) to your Care Friends portal and activating it for your team to share
* How to [edit a job](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4280599-editing-a-job)
* How to [duplicate a job](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4632288-duplicating-a-job) to help you save time

**Candidates**

* [Tips on responding to candidates](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/5938563-tips-on-responding-to-candidates)
* [How to progress a candidate](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4277303-progressing-a-candidate) in your Care Friends portal
* How to handle [duplicate candidates](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4277237-duplicate-candidates)
* [Manually adding a candidate](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4277185-manually-adding-a-candidate) to your candidate area so that your referrers can still earn points for verbal referrals

We are here to support you at every stage of your Care Friends journey. If you need any help, please do not hesitate to click on the chat icon in the bottom right corner of your screen to ask for our advice.

**What's next?** If you will also be managing the admin side of your scheme and payment requests, check out these guides:

* [Management and admin guide](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4835076-management-and-admin-guide)
* [Finance and payroll guide](https://support.carefriends.co.uk/en/articles/4835058-finance-and-payroll-guide)

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