--- title: Creating Available Shifts description: Easily fill empty shifts and ensure proper staffing with Available Shifts created through the Department Calendar --- [Skip to content](https://support.makeshift.ca/creating-available-shifts#main-content) [Customer portal](https://support.makeshift.ca/ticketportal?hsLang=en-ca) [![MakeShift Support](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20images/bc30325df5ea2f21f0f15a8f0d38d0754b4cf258.png?width=300&height=52&name=bc30325df5ea2f21f0f15a8f0d38d0754b4cf258.png)](https://support.makeshift.ca/?hsLang=en-ca) - [Back to MakeShift](https://makeshift.ca/) - +1-587-390-2068 - [Sign In](https://app.makeshift.ca/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Back to MakeShift](https://makeshift.ca/) - +1-587-390-2068 - [Sign In](https://app.makeshift.ca/) - [Customer portal](https://support.makeshift.ca/ticketportal) - [Submit a ticket](https://support.makeshift.ca/submit-a-request-for-support) [Submit a ticket](https://support.makeshift.ca/submit-a-request-for-support?hsLang=en-ca) What can we help you with? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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Available Shifts are created through the **Department Calendar. **To get to the Department Calendar, select the **Schedules** tab from the top navigation bar. ![Schedules Tab](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/New%20KB%20articles%20pictures/Schedules%20Tab.png?width=670&height=46&name=Schedules%20Tab.png) Select the department you would like to create or manage available shiftsfor by clicking on the name of the desired department. ![Calgary Departments Overview](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Calgary%20Departments%20Overview.png?width=526&height=100&name=Calgary%20Departments%20Overview.png)   Click the **Schedule** link on the left side of the page. ![Department Profile - Schedule](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/New%20KB%20articles%20pictures/Department%20Profile%20-%20Schedule.png?width=265&height=271&name=Department%20Profile%20-%20Schedule.png)   To create an available shift, click and drag a shift type onto the **Available Shifts **row on the day you would like to create an available shift for. ![Available Shift - Create](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Available%20Shift%20-%20Create.png?width=534&height=275&name=Available%20Shift%20-%20Create.png)   Choose the desired recipientsyou would like to send the available shift to by checking the boxes next to the employment types and selecting the **Positions **and/or **Skills** that you would like to receive the available shift. Keep in mind that if you choose positions and/or skills, only employees with the matching positions/skills will be eligible to request to work this shift. ![Create Available Shift2](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Create%20Available%20Shift2.png?width=492&height=309&name=Create%20Available%20Shift2.png) Add **Notes** to the available shift if necessary. Then click the blue **Create Available Shift **button.    The available shift has now been sent through push notification to all of your employees with the matching positions and skills as long as they are not already working a shift that overlaps with this one. 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