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For hiring teams
9 articlesAdding, sourcing and referring candidatesBring candidates into a job's pipeline from rosters, profiles and the marketplace, or refer someone.Customising stages and automationsRename, reorder and type your pipeline stages, and set up actions that run when candidates move.Onboarding new hiresRun a checklist for each new hire, reuse it with onboarding templates and track every hire in one place.Posting a jobCreate a role, set its salary and location, and move it through approval and its statuses.Rosters and talent poolsSave engineers for later with shared team rosters and your own personal bookmarks.Scheduling interviewsBook interviews from the pipeline, run shared sessions, and handle candidate reschedule requests.Scorecards and evaluationsWrite structured feedback on a candidate, see who still owes a scorecard, and read your team's verdicts.Sending offersSend an offer from the pipeline, reuse wording with offer templates, and track the candidate's response.Using the pipeline boardMove candidates between stages, switch between board and list, and read what each card tells you.
Your careers page
3 articlesApplication questionsAdd your own questions to a job's application form on your careers page and read the answers.Setting up your careers pageBrand your public careers and employer pages with a logo, banner, colour and tagline, and share your jobs.Where applications goWhat happens when someone applies on your careers page, where they land in your pipeline and what they see.
Pricing & billing
5 articlesBilling, invoices & receiptsWhere to find invoices, update payment methods, and handle VAT.Do engineers ever pay?Why creating a profile and receiving pitches on Katara is always free.Katara pricing plans overviewA quick tour of the Engineer, Recruiter, and Teams plans.Understanding your subscriptionMonthly vs yearly billing, renewals, and how charges appear.What is a seat?How seats work on the Teams plan and how they're counted.
For engineers
7 articlesChoosing your search statusWhat each search status means, who can find you, and where you sit in recruiter search.Confirming or rescheduling an interviewConfirm an interview time, or ask the hiring team for a different slot from your interview page.Customising your profile cardControl what recruiters see on your card and full profile: professions, skills, projects, certifications and testimonials.Responding to an offerRead an offer, sign it electronically to accept, or decline it, before it expires.Seeing who viewed your profileFind out which recruiters opened your profile, and what the numbers on your dashboard mean.Tracking your applicationsFollow each application from received to hired on its own page, with interviews, offers and onboarding.What happens when you go invisibleHow the Invisible status hides your profile from recruiters, and what stays in place when you use it.
Team & account
7 articlesConnecting your calendar and other toolsSync interviews with Google or Outlook Calendar and send hiring events to Slack, Notion and more.Deleting your account and your dataHow to delete your Katara account, what gets removed, and what to do first.Importing an existing pipelineBring jobs and candidates over from Greenhouse, Lever, Workable or a CSV export.Inviting and managing team membersInvite people to your team, choose their role, and change or remove access later.Signing in with a passkeyAdd a passkey to sign in with Face ID, Touch ID or a security key instead of your password.Single sign-on (SSO)Let your team sign in through your company's identity provider using SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect.The audit logSee who changed what in your team, filter the history, and export it as a CSV.
Getting started
4 articlesCreating your engineer profileWalk through the onboarding steps for engineers and learn what your profile completion score measures.Getting your company verifiedRequest verification for yourself and your team, and understand what each verification status means.Importing your CVFill in your work experience from a CV file, then check each role before it's added to your profile.Setting up a recruiter accountCreate your recruiter account, verify your work email and learn why you need one to message candidates.
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