ApproveThis manages your Clockwork Recruiting Integration approvals.

Let’s be real – executive recruiting moves at the speed of relationships, but gets stuck in approval purgatory. Candidates ghost you if you’re slow. Clients get antsy if you’re not transparent. And nothing kills momentum like chasing down five executives to sign off on a candidate’s travel expenses.

That’s why pairing ApproveThis with Clockwork Recruiting via Zapier is like giving your talent team jet fuel. We’re talking about automating the bureaucratic sludge so recruiters can focus on what actually matters: placing top-tier talent.

Why This Combo Works (Besides Saving Your Sanity)

Clockwork handles the delicate dance of retained search – coordinating between candidates, clients, and internal stakeholders. ApproveThis handles the dirty work of getting everyone to actually make decisions. Together, they solve three big headaches:

• No more “Who approved this?” black holes: Every candidate status change, interview expense, or offer letter gets tracked in Clockwork and has a clear approval trail.
• External clients stay in the loop (without getting access to your systems): Approvers don’t need Clockwork licenses. They just click “approve” in email while you keep control of the candidate data.

Real-World Scenarios That Don’t Suck

Use Case 1: Stop Wasting Time on Candidate Vetting Ping-Pong

Picture this: Your team adds a new executive candidate to Clockwork. Instead of Slack-bombing the hiring manager, ApproveThis automatically:

1. Creates an approval request with the candidate’s profile
2. Routes it to the right stakeholders based on role/department
3. Escalates if someone’s OOO (thanks to vacation delegation)

Who cares? Retained search firms juggling 10+ clients. Now they can prove they got client approval before presenting candidates – without drowning in forwarded emails.

Use Case 2: Kill Bottlenecks When Candidates Move Stages

When a candidate progresses from “interviewing” to “reference check” in Clockwork, ApproveThis can:

• Trigger budget approvals for travel expenses
• Require legal to sign off on NDAs
• Auto-approve requests under $5k using approval thresholds

Big win for: In-house HR teams managing high-volume senior hires. Finance doesn’t get surprised by last-minute flights, and candidates don’t get stuck waiting.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Zapier’s the glue here. Two ways to connect them:

Option 1: When Clockwork gets a new candidate → ApproveThis pings the hiring committee.

Option 2: When ApproveThis gets a “yes” on an offer letter → Clockwork auto-updates the candidate’s status.

Total setup time: 23 minutes (we timed it). You’re basically creating rules like:

“If candidate salary > $200k, require CEO approval.” or
“Auto-approve background check requests from these 3 managers.”

Why Your Finance Team Will Stop Hating HR

Approval thresholds turn petty cash into a non-issue. Example: Let recruiters auto-approve Uber receipts under $50, but require CFO sign-off on relocation bonuses. All tracked in Clockwork with zero manual logging.

The Nerd Stuff You Actually Need to Know

ApproveThis isn’t just a “yes/no” button. For recruiting, these features matter:

Calculated Fields: Auto-add interview travel costs + per diem → Show total budget impact before approvals.
Approval Groups: Require 3/5 client stakeholders to approve → No single point of failure.
Real-Time Tracking: See which client contacts are holding up the process (and nudge them).

Bottom Line for Different Teams

Recruiting Agencies: Prove compliance to clients without sharing your Clockwork logins.
Corporate HR: Stop being the messenger between finance and hiring managers.
Executives: Get one email with all the context needed to approve – no digging through CRMs.

This isn’t about “streamlining workflows” – it’s about removing the crap that makes talent acquisition suck. Less admin, more placements.

Ready to stop herding cats? Get ApproveThis or schedule a 10-minute demo. Your recruiters will actually thank you.