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

# Update Candidate Education, Skills and Languages

> Keep a candidate's education, professional skills and languages up to date in Carerix from an automation. Part of the HireData beta.

A complete candidate profile is easier to match. Your automations can now fill in a candidate's education, professional skills and languages in Carerix, so nobody has to copy them over by hand.

> [!NOTE]
>
> This is part of the HireData beta and works in the [new automation builder](https://help.hiredata.com/automations/engine-1-3.md). See [How the Beta Works](https://help.hiredata.com/beta/how-the-beta-works.md) to join.

## Complete the candidate profile automatically

In a new automation, click **+**, choose **Update** under **Records**, then **Carerix** and **Candidate**. Select the candidate and fill in the section you need.

![The Update Candidate step with Education, Experience and Skills sections, each with a Change button per entry type](https://mintcdn.com/hiredata/v-sExbvBQufcu02Y/images/beta/candidate-education-skills.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=v-sExbvBQufcu02Y\&q=85\&s=f28fe6d211dce4b7348ec82722282df9)

Education, Experience and Skills each have their own section in the Update Candidate step.

### 1. Education

Set the name of the education, the **institute**, the diploma, the level or direction, the dates and whether the certificate was obtained.

### 2. Professional skills

Add a **skill** and its **specialisation**.

### 3. Language skills

Add a **language** with separate levels for **speaking**, **writing** and **reading**.

You can also add or update **courses** and **work history**.

## Before you use it

* **Add or change one entry at a time.** To change an existing education or skill, pick that entry in the step.
* **Test with a test candidate first**, and check in Carerix that the candidate's other entries stayed as they were.

## Check it out yourself

Create a new automation in [Automations](https://app.hiredata.com/automations), click **+**, choose **Update** under **Records**, then **Carerix** and **Candidate**.


## Related topics

- [Change Carerix Records From an Automation](https://help.hiredata.com/beta/carerix-records.md)
- [How the Beta Works](https://help.hiredata.com/beta/how-the-beta-works.md)
- [The New Automation Builder](https://help.hiredata.com/automations/engine-1-3.md)
- [Update](https://help.hiredata.com/reference/automations/steps/update.md)
- [Skills](https://help.hiredata.com/reference/forms/evaluation/skills.md)


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