# Creating an account (https://docs.hireway.dev/docs/account/creating-an-account)

You need a free account to save resumes, cover letters and job applications. Signing up takes under a minute, and you can start building right after.

## Sign up with email and password [#sign-up-with-email-and-password]

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the sign-up page">
    Go to [hireway.dev](https://hireway.dev) and select **Build your resume**. On the sign-in page, select **Create one now**.

    If you run your own copy of Hireway, use its address instead of `hireway.dev`.

  </Step>

<Step title="Fill in your details">
  - **Name**: your name as you want it shown in the app (3 to 64 characters). - **Username**: 3 to 64 characters, using
  lowercase letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores. It becomes part of every public resume link, for example
  `hireway.dev/alexmorgan/game-developer`. - **Email Address**: an address you can open. You need it to reset a
  forgotten password. - **Password**: at least 8 characters, up to 64.
</Step>

<Step title="Select Sign up">Your account is created and you are signed in straight away.</Step>

  <Step title="Continue to your documents">
    A **You've got mail!** screen confirms that a verification link is on its way. Verifying is optional, so you can select **Continue** and start working, then open the link from your inbox later.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame caption="The sign-up form. The buttons under it depend on what the site has turned on.">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/creating-an-account/sign-up-form.webp"
    alt="The Create a new account form with Name, Username, Email Address and Password fields, a Sign up button, and Passkey, Google, GitHub and LinkedIn buttons below"
  />
</Frame>

<Frame caption="After signing up, you can verify your email now or later">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/creating-an-account/check-your-email.webp"
    alt="The You've got mail! screen saying to check your email for a verification link, with a note that the step is optional and a Continue button"
  />
</Frame>

<Tip>
  You can change your name, username and email later in **Settings → Account**. Changing your username changes every
  public link you have shared, so pick one you are happy to keep.
</Tip>

## Sign up with a social account [#sign-up-with-a-social-account]

Under **or continue with**, select **Google**, **GitHub** or **LinkedIn** and approve the request on that site. Hireway creates your account from the name, email and photo the provider shares, and picks a username for you. You can change it afterwards in **Settings → Account**.

## If sign-up doesn't work [#if-sign-up-doesnt-work]

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The username or email is already taken">
    Usernames and email addresses are unique. Try another username. If the email is yours, you already have an account: go back to the sign-in page and use **Forgot Password?** to get back in.
  </Accordion>

<Accordion title="The verification email didn't arrive">
  Check your spam folder. You can ask for a new link from **Settings → Account**: under the **Email** field, select
  **Not verified yet. Resend the link**.
</Accordion>

  <Accordion title="There is no Create one now link">
    The site's owner has turned off new sign-ups. Only existing accounts can sign in.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps [#next-steps]

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create your first resume" icon="file-lines" href="/docs/documents/creating-your-first-resume">
    Start from a blank page, a sample or an existing file.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Protect your account" icon="shield" href="/docs/account/setting-up-two-factor-authentication">
    Add two-step verification or a passkey.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>