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Get Gancho free

Creating your account

What we ask for, what your password has to be, and what you get the moment you sign up.

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How it works

  1. On the homepage, click Get Gancho free (top right, or under the headline).
  2. Type your name, email and a password.
  3. Click Create account. You are in straight away, with no email to confirm first.
The homepage. Either black button starts an account.
The homepage. Either black button starts an account.
The sign-up form
The sign-up form

The password

At least 8 characters. That is the only rule. The bar and the word under the box tell you how strong it is as you type, and the eye button at the end of the box shows what you typed so you can check it.

Filled in, with the strength hint
Filled in, with the strength hint

What you land on

A short welcome first, which ends by asking for your resume. Then a pipeline called Job search with six stages (Saved, Applied, Screening, Interviewing, Offer and Rejected) and a three-step checklist to get you going. What the welcome and the checklist are for →

A brand-new account
A brand-new account

The emails that follow

A welcome note and a short how-to arrive within a minute; a tips email comes the next day. Every email we send →

In the app

The iPhone app signs in to the same account. Make it on the web or on your phone; it does not matter. The iPhone app →

More in Getting started

Signing inWhere to sign in, how long you stay signed in, and what a wrong password looks like.Resetting your passwordHow the reset link works, how long it lasts, and what happens to your other devices.Your first ten minutesThe three things that make everything else work: your resume, a few saved jobs, and one tailored application.
Two friends laughing over a laptop in a café

This didn't answer it?

Ask the coach: the round button at the bottom right of the app. It knows your jobs and your resume, and it can walk you through any of this.

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