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title: "Find an employee in HR"
slug: "find-and-edit-an-employee-in-hr"
updated: 2026-09-18T09:57:39Z
published: 2026-09-18T09:57:39Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/find-and-edit-an-employee-in-hr"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Find an employee in HR

Throughout Cintra People HR, you will see references to both “Employee Profile” and “Employee Admin”.

- Employee Profile stores detailed employee data and records. See [Edit an employee profile in HR](/hr/docs/edit-an-employee-profile).
- Employee Admin manages employee settings, access, roles, and organisational configurations. See [Admins and HR Managers](/hr/docs/newly-appointed-hr-manager-or-admin) topic.

### Finding an employee in the employee directory

You can locate employees through the [Employee directory](/hr/docs/directory). This is available to all users.

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### Finding an employee by profile

For users with HR and admin permissions, you can search for employees using the **Employee Finder** within the **Profile** section. To do this:

1. Select **Profile** in the side menu.
2. Type the name of the employee into the search box.
3. Select the name of the employee from the list of matching names.
4. Their profile and you can start [viewing / editing their profile](/integrated/docs/edit-an-employee-profile).

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### Finding an employee by organisation

HR and admin users can also locate users within the Organisation section. To do this:

1. Select **Organisation** in the side menu.
2. All employees are listed under the Employees tab. You can edit any user by clicking their edit icon - ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/image(690).png)

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1. Alternatively, click the **Employees** tab then:
  1. Select whether the user is *joining, active, former, or active*.
  2. You can filter the list of employees by selecting their division / team, or by entering part of their name and clicking **Search**.

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1. Once you’ve selected an employee, you can starting making admin changes to them.

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