ApproveThis manages your Hirely Integration approvals.

When HR Tech Meets Approval Automation

Let's be real: hiring moves at the speed of your slowest approval. While Hirely handles the heavy lifting of attracting candidates and managing applications, everything grinds to a halt when you need three people to sign off on a job offer or budget. That's where ApproveThis comes in – think of it as the nitro boost for your hiring process.

We're not talking about another HR module. ApproveThis plugs directly into Hirely via Zapier, automating the back-and-forth that turns a promising candidate into a ghosted LinkedIn connection. For companies between 50-5,000 employees, this combo means:

• Cutting approval wait times from days to hours
• No more chasing down execs via Slack for signatures
• Full audit trails for compliance without the spreadsheets

Why This Isn't Just Another Integration

Hirely's great at what it does – creating career pages, sorting applications, moving candidates through your pipeline. But when you need actual decisions made? That's where most ATS platforms tap out. ApproveThis handles the messy part: getting humans to say "yes" (or "no") without scheduling another Zoom meeting.

Key difference: ApproveThis approvers don't need a Hirely license. Finance needs to vet the salary? Legal wants to review the contract? Add them directly to the approval chain without buying extra seats. Works for external partners too – perfect for agencies handling hiring for multiple clients.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. Candidate Screening That Doesn't Put Everyone to Sleep

Scenario: A tech startup gets 200 applications for a senior dev role. The hiring manager loves three candidates, but company policy requires CTO review before interviews. Instead of CC'ing everyone into a chaotic email thread:

The Fix: Auto-create an ApproveThis request in Hirely when applications hit a certain score. The CTO gets an email with candidate details, clicks "approve," and Hirely automatically schedules the interview. For companies hiring at scale, this shaves 2-3 days off time-to-hire.

2. Job Offers That Don't Require a Carrier Pigeon

Problem: Your HR team sends an offer letter, but it needs four approvals across departments. By the time everyone signs off, your top candidate's already taken another job.

How It Works: When Hirely marks an applicant as "hired," ApproveThis triggers a parallel approval chain. Compensation gets auto-calculated based on role/level (thanks to Calculated Fields), approvers get nudged via email, and once everyone's green, Hirely auto-sends the offer. Bonus: Approval thresholds auto-approve offers under $80k if the hiring manager has authority.

3. Onboarding That Actually Starts on Day One

Ever had a new hire show up to find their laptop still in procurement? Brutal. Here's the fix: When Hirely's "applicant hired" trigger fires, ApproveThis kicks off equipment and access approvals. IT gets a request for hardware, Facilities approves desk assignments, and the manager confirms software access – all before the acceptance letter is signed.

4. Audit-Proof Compliance Without the Busywork

For healthcare and finance companies: Every hire needs extra vetting. ApproveThis adds conditional approval steps in Hirely based on role type. Open a VP position? Auto-add compliance officers to the chain. Entry-level role? Skip straight to department head. All decisions log to Hirely automatically – no more digging through inboxes during audits.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can order DoorDash, you can connect these tools:

1. Grab your Zapier account (they have a free tier)
2. Connect Hirely and ApproveThis as apps
3. Pick a trigger ("New Application" or "Applicant Hired")
4. Map the key data points (role, salary, candidate ID)
5. Test with a live request – we recommend using your CEO's application as a guinea pig

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' Approval Groups for regional teams. West Coast hires auto-route to Pacific Time approvers, East Coast to those who actually wake up before 10 AM.

Who Actually Benefits From This?

HR Teams: Stop being the approval nag. Set it once in ApproveThis, then focus on actual people stuff.

Hiring Managers: Know exactly where offers stand without playing 20 questions with Legal.

Finance: Get automatic alerts when offers exceed budget. Set thresholds to flag expensive hires before they become a problem.

Execs: Approve via email during your 5 AM Peloton session. No login required.

The Cool Features Everyone Ignores (But Shouldn't)

While you're geeking out over approvals, don't sleep on:

• Vacation Delegation: CFO on safari? Approval requests auto-reroute to their second-in-command.
• Conditional Logic: Offers under $50k skip straight to department heads. Over $150k? Auto-add the board.
• Real-Time Dashboards: See every pending hire approval across all departments. Great for those "Why is this taking so long?!" exec meetings.

Common Mistakes (So You Don't Make Them)

We've seen it all:

Don't: Set up approvals for every single role. Junior copywriter positions shouldn't need CEO sign-off unless you're hiring Shakespeare.

Do: Use Calculated Fields to auto-add approval steps based on salary bands or security clearance levels.

Don't: Forget to sync approval statuses back to Hirely. Your ATS should be your single source of truth.

Do: Test with a real hire before going all-in. Nothing like a buggy integration to scare off your dream candidate.

Bottom Line: This Isn't Just About Speed

Sure, cutting approval times is great. But the real win is eliminating the human bottlenecks that make hiring feel like a DMV visit. When ApproveThis handles the bureaucracy, your team can actually focus on finding (and keeping) great people.

Ready to stop being the approval middleman? Get started with ApproveThis or check out Hirely if you're still manually posting jobs to Indeed.