# Using a job description

> Paste or upload a job description when you add a role, and Tenure reads the title, the location, and the facts that sell it into the role.

Most roles already have a job description. Rather than retyping it, give it to Tenure when you add the [role](/documentation/search/roles).

## Paste or upload

When you add or edit a role, choose **Upload a file** or **Paste the text** at the top of the form. Files can be PDF, Word (.docx), or plain text, up to 5 MB. Drop the file on the box or click to choose it. For pasted text, paste the whole posting and click **Read the description**.

## What Tenure fills in

Tenure reads the description and fills any field you have not typed yet: the role title, profession, specialty, location, pay, schedule, and what makes it worth a reply. Fields you already filled are left as you wrote them, and a note tells you which ones were filled. Check them; they are yours to change.

## What the description is used for

The full text stays with the role, shown as a chip with the file name and word count, and goes with every run for that role.

- **The database search** reads every requirement in it, not just the summary.
- **Generate with AI** writes the message from the description and the role together, so pay, bonuses, and start dates in the posting make it into the message.
- **Tenure's sourcing technology** reads it when working your job boards.

It is never sent in the email. Remove the chip and save the role to detach it.

## Files Tenure cannot read

An older Word file (.doc) or a scanned PDF with no text layer cannot be read. Save it as .docx or PDF from the original, or paste the text instead.