# Get started with MJX HR and staff attendance

> Sign up, add your team, set leave days and switch on phone check-in — from zero to your first staff register in about 15 minutes.

Source: https://pathshala.mjxtechnologies.com/docs/people/quickstart/

This guide takes you from a new account to a working team in Pathshala: people added, leave days set, managers named and phone check-in switched on. It takes about 15 minutes.

::: steps
### Create your account
Open the [sign-up page for MJX HR](~/signup?modules=hr) (or [for MJX Attendance](~/signup?modules=attendance)). Under **What Best Describes Your Business?** pick **Business** if you are an office, shop, clinic or company — or School, Coaching, Tuition, College or Institute if you are one.

Fill in your organisation's name, **Your Portal URL** (the first part, such as `sunrise`, becomes your organisation code), city, state, **Your Name**, **Phone Number (WhatsApp)**, **Email** and **Password**. Press [[Create and Get Portal]].

> [!NOTE]
> Under **You are signing up for** you can add more products, such as MJX Payroll or MJX Hire. Only the modules you pick are switched on.

### Open the HR portal
After you sign in, an owner or admin of an HR organisation lands on the **HR portal** (`/hr`). Its **Set up HR** card is your checklist: add your logo, joining dates, leave days, this year's holidays, your first policy, who reports to whom, and the email for letter verification.

### Add your team
> [!PATH] Apps › MJX People › People

![People screen with the + Add button (1) and Import from Excel (2) marked](media/people/quickstart-1.jpg "Apps › MJX People › People")

Press [[+ Add]] for one person (Name, Mobile number, Email (optional), What they may do), then [[Add and make a password]]. For many people, press **Import from Excel**, [[Check the file]], then [[Add people]]. See [Employees](people/employees).

### Set leave days
> [!PATH] Apps › MJX People › Leave

![Leave screen with the Leave policy card and its Open link marked](media/people/quickstart-2.jpg "Apps › MJX People › Leave › Leave policy")

Under **Leave policy**, type the days a year you give for each kind of leave, and how many may carry over. Press [[Save policy]]. See [Leave and holidays](people/leave).

### Say who reports to whom
> [!PATH] Apps › MJX People › HR portal › People › Who reports to whom

![Who reports to whom screen with its tab marked and a Reports to box for each person](media/people/quickstart-3.jpg "Apps › MJX People › HR portal › People › Who reports to whom")

Pick each person's manager in **Reports to**. Managers can then approve their team's leave and attendance corrections.

### Switch on phone check-in
> [!PATH] Apps › MJX Attendance › Staff attendance

![Staff attendance screen with the Staff check themselves in section marked, showing Late after and Save](media/people/quickstart-4.jpg "Apps › MJX Attendance › Staff attendance › Staff check themselves in")

Tick **Staff check themselves in**, set **Late after (optional)** if you want late marks, and press [[Save]]. This needs MJX Attendance Basic or above. See [Office attendance](people/office-attendance).

### Ask everyone to install the app
Each person installs the [MJX People app](people/people-app), types the **Organisation code** (your portal's first part) and their mobile number, and signs in.
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> [!SUCCESS]
> Your team appears on **Staff attendance** every day. When someone presses **Check in**, the time shows against their name; when someone applies for leave, it waits under **Your team's leave** for their manager.

## What next?

- Publish a handbook: [Policies](people/policies)
- Issue your first letter: [HR letters](people/hr-letters)
- Set shifts and overtime: [Office attendance](people/office-attendance#shifts-and-overtime)
- Connect a fingerprint machine: [Biometric machines](people/biometric-devices)
- Pay salaries: the Payroll docs, starting at [Payroll](payroll/index)

## Where each person lands after signing in

| Who | Opens on |
|---|---|
| Owner or Admin (with MJX HR) | HR portal |
| Owner or Admin (MJX Attendance only, business) | Staff attendance |
| Employee (with MJX HR) | My HR |
| Employee (MJX Attendance only, business) | My attendance |

## Questions people ask

### Do I need a card to start?

No. Every sign-up starts with a 14-day trial of every feature, with no card. After that the Forever Free plans keep working for up to 5 employees.

### How do my staff sign in?

With their mobile number. They can use the password you give them, or press **Sign in with a code** and get a code on WhatsApp (and email, if you gave one).

### We are an office, not a school. What should I pick at sign-up?

Pick **Business** (Office/Agency/Clinic/Shop). A business sees staff only — no students, classes or class register.

### Can I change the organisation type later?

Yes. The owner can change it in Settings under **What kind of organisation is this?** Nothing you added is deleted either way.