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# Creating new Employees

You can create new Employees by sending a `POST` request with the corresponding
request body to the `/employees`
<a href="/reference/latest/Employees/EmployeeCRUD/post-employees" target="_blank">endpoint</a>.
The only required fields are as follows:

* `External_id` in the request body: corresponds with the unique ID in your
  system
* Language query parameter: language of the input data, which has an impact on
  the Skill extraction
* Strict query parameter: by setting this to false, you can add Employees
  without Skill information. This is necessary for this tutorial since the Skill
  information will only follow in the subsequent steps.

## Restoring Soft-Deleted Employees

If grace periods are enabled for your tenant, Employees are soft-deleted rather than permanently removed for the specified period.
They are permanently deleted once the grace period expires.
To restore a soft-deleted Employee, include the `restore=true` query parameter along with the Employee's `external_id` in the request body.
You can also update the Employee's data during restoration by including additional fields in the request body.

## Example

Submit a `POST` call to `/employees?strict=false&language=auto` with the
following body:

```JSON theme={null}
{
  "external_id": "101"
}
```