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title: How to Create Custom Employment Types
description: Discover how to create custom employment types to enhance workforce scheduling. Tailor your settings easily and improve organization with our step-by-step guide.
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# How to Create Custom Employment Types
For some companies it may be important to create custom employment types. Custom employment types will allow you to tailor your scheduling making it easier to organize and schedule your workforce.
To create your custom employment type, begin by clicking on your name in the top right-hand corner.
A drop down list of options will appear. Select **Settings**.
Next you will see tabs to adjust settings, **General**, **Schedule**, **Time and Attendance** if time and attendance client), **Pay Codes** (if enabled)**, Employment Types** and **Positions**. Select the **Employment Types** option.
As a special note the employment types for Full Time, Part Time and Casual are the default employment types can cannot be edited or removed.
To add your new employment type, click on the green **Add Employment Type** button.
Enter in the name for the **Employment Type** as well as the **External Name**. The **External Name** and is an optional field but can be added if you choose.
Once completed, you will now be able to apply your new employment type to the appropriate employees. For more information on how to make this update, please refer to our article, [How to Assign a Custom Employment Type article](https://support.makeshift.ca/how-to-assign-a-custom-employment-type?hsLang=en-ca).
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