In about ten minutes you have an account and your main channels connected. From then on Hyre can capture your conversations.
Before you start
Use Google Chrome (or the latest Microsoft Edge). Connecting LinkedIn only works with the Chrome extension.
Be signed in to LinkedIn in the same browser.
Keep your phone close: Hyre calls you to verify your number, and you scan a QR code.
Does your organisation use Microsoft 365? An IT admin may need to approve the Hyre AI app first. See "Good to know" below.
Your own account with your AI assistant (we recommend Claude Pro or higher). This can wait until later.
Step by step
1. Create your account
Were you invited? Open the link in the invitation email and click Accept Invite. No invitation? Go to app.hyre.io/signup.
Click Continue with Google or Continue with Microsoft. Pick the email address you use every day. Hyre has no password: you always sign in through Google or Microsoft.
If you were invited, sign in with exactly the address the invitation was sent to. With a different address you cannot accept it.
Are you the first person of your organisation (owner)? Hyre first asks you to accept the Terms of Service and the Data Processing Agreement on behalf of your organisation. Tick the box and click Accept and continue. Colleagues do not see this screen.
2. Onboarding
After your first sign-in, onboarding starts by itself. You go through these screens. You can Skip every connect screen and do it later under Settings › Channels.
Join your team? If you see this screen, a Hyre organisation with your email domain already exists. Click Join team to join your colleagues, or Create my own for an organisation of your own.
Your role: pick Recruiter, Manager or Owner. This sets what you can manage in Hyre. Not sure? Pick Recruiter. In Settings this role is called Employee.
What kind of recruiting do you do?: Recruiter 180, Recruiter 360 or Sales. This describes your work and grants no extra rights. Outreach only opens once you have answered it.
Connect email: pick Google or Microsoft and give permission. Your calendar comes along automatically. Hyre imports the last year of your mail and builds your tone of voice from it.
Connect phone: enter your mobile number (the country code is already there, leave out the leading zero) and verify. Hyre calls you. Follow the screen: either type the code Hyre shows on your phone keypad, or listen for the 6-digit code and enter it in Hyre.
Connect LinkedIn: install the Chrome extension Hyre AI Connector, refresh the page and connect your account. Read Connect LinkedIn if it does not work straight away.
Record meetings in person: have a Plaud or Hey Pocket? Connect it here. If not, click Skip.
Install Hyre on your phone: scan the QR code with your phone to put Hyre on your home screen. Save the Hyre notetaker number in your contacts too, you need it to record phone calls.
Connect your AI assistant: pick Claude (recommended), ChatGPT or Copilot. With Claude, Add to Claude opens Claude's connector screen, already filled in. Click Finish.
You land on the Agents page. Onboarding is done.
Good to know
Microsoft: "Admin approval required". Your organisation does not let employees connect apps themselves. Your IT admin (or IT partner) approves the Hyre AI app once for the whole organisation. After that everyone can connect their mailbox.
Your trial lasts 14 days and starts when you finish onboarding. Above your name, bottom left, you see how many days are left. More in Subscription and billing.
Skipped something? Go to Settings › Channels and connect it there. It also shows what is already connected.
Onboarding stuck or a black screen? Type app.hyre.io in the address bar and continue under Settings › Channels.
LinkedIn says "syncing". That is normal: your messages are still being imported. The last 30 days arrive within minutes, older messages follow over the next days.
Signed in with the wrong address? Close your browser and try again in an incognito window or another browser.
Watch the video
Video: Onboarding in the Hyre Academy (5 min, Dutch).
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