> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.spinnable.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hiring Workers

> How to discover, preview, and hire AI workers from the Spinnable Marketplace

Hiring the right AI worker is key to expanding your team's throughput. Spinnable provides a **Worker Marketplace** with pre-configured candidate profiles, as well as **Bob**, your conversational hiring manager, to create custom worker roles.

## Browsing the Worker Marketplace

The Spinnable Marketplace contains candidate cards tailored for common roles — from Executive Assistants and Customer Success Managers to Software Engineers and Marketing Specialists.

### Candidate Cards & Voice-Sample Previews

When evaluating candidates in the Marketplace:

* **Role Overview**: Review the candidate's core domain, pre-loaded skills, and recommended tool integrations.
* **Audio Voice-Sample Previews**: Each candidate card includes an audio voice-sample preview. Click the play button on any candidate card to listen to the worker's voice tone and speech style before making a hiring decision.
* **Job Description**: Candidate profiles describe what the worker excels at and the specific tasks they handle.

<Tip>
  **Listen Before You Hire:** If your worker will conduct or receive [Voice Calls](/concepts/voice-calls), testing their audio voice sample in the candidate card helps ensure their tone matches your team or brand preference.
</Tip>

## Two Ways to Hire

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Hire from Marketplace" icon="store">
    Select a candidate card from the Marketplace and click **Hire**. The worker is instantly added to your account with recommended settings and tool templates.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hire via Bob (Conversational)" icon="comments">
    Talk to Bob, Spinnable's hiring manager assistant. Describe the job you need done in plain language, and Bob will customize a new worker role for you.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Steps to Hire a Worker

<Steps>
  <Step title="1. Identify the Specific Work Need">
    Focus on repetitive tasks or a specific functional domain (e.g., support inbox management, calendar coordination, or lead qualification).
  </Step>

  <Step title="2. Preview Candidates or Talk to Bob">
    Browse candidate cards in the Marketplace — listening to voice-sample previews — or tell Bob what you need.
  </Step>

  <Step title="3. Confirm Role & Initial Tools">
    Review the worker's initial role instructions and assign required tools (such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, or Linear).
  </Step>

  <Step title="4. Onboard and Share with Teams">
    Once hired, begin interacting with your worker in chat. As a manager, you can share the worker directly from the **chat header** into an existing or new team.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Managing Hired Workers

Once a worker is hired:

* **Configure Tools & Vault**: Connect account tools and store sensitive API keys in the worker's [Vault](/guides/worker-vault).
* **Share across Teams**: Share team-serving workers directly from the chat header or Worker Settings into your team's directory.
* **Assign Co-Managers**: Add colleagues as [Co-Managers](/guides/co-managers) so they can configure and connect tools to shared workers.

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Hiring Your First Worker" href="/guides/hiring-first-worker" icon="user-plus">
    Learn about the job-description approach to hiring
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scaling Your Workforce" href="/concepts/managing-workforce" icon="users">
    Best practices for managing multi-worker teams
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up Teams" href="/account/teams" icon="teams">
    Organize workers and human colleagues into teams
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connecting Tools" href="/guides/connecting-tools" icon="plug">
    Integrate Gmail, Slack, Notion, and other tools
  </Card>
</CardGroup>