Answers.Body: <p>To create an individual contact the basic details you need are First Name and Last Name, or Email Address.</p>
  <p>You should be able to leave the employer field blank and still create a contact.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: But if someone has modified the Profile that is being used for New Individual, and made Employer a required field, then you should be able to find that Profile and change it back
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Answers.Text: What Pete Said...
  
  Under standard civicrm settings it shouldn't matter if a contact has an employer or not.
  
  If your site has been modified to make the current employer field "required", you could struggle.
  
  Can you take a screenshot of the profile/ page that your using? And paste it into your question.
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Body: <p>I was entering Contact Data and after Name details the next thing i noticed the Current Employer Field but I had Contacts who were</p>
  <ol>
  <li>Self Employed/Freelancers</li>
  <li>Students</li>
  </ol>
  <p>How do I Save their data?</p>
  
Tags: <individual><data>
Title: How to save details in the New Individual Form, if the contact is Self Employed or is a Student
ThreadText: # How to save details in the New Individual Form, if the contact is Self Employed or is a Student
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-05-25)
  
  I was entering Contact Data and after Name details the next thing i noticed the Current Employer Field but I had Contacts who were
  
  1. Self Employed/Freelancers
  2. Students
  
  How do I Save their data?
  
  **Tags:** individual, data
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-05-25. Score: 1
  
  To create an individual contact the basic details you need are First Name and Last Name, or Email Address.
  
  You should be able to leave the employer field blank and still create a contact.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: But if someone has modified the Profile that is being used for New Individual, and made Employer a required field, then you should be able to find that Profile and change it back  
  > **username_1**: What Pete Said...  Under standard civicrm settings it shouldn't matter if a contact has an employer or not.  If your site has been modified to make the current employer field "required", you could struggle.  Can you take a screenshot of the profile/ page that your using? And paste it into your question.  
  
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