ApproveThis manages your Ceipal Integration approvals.

When Recruiting Tools Meet Approval Muscle

Let's be real: hiring moves faster than your approval process. Ceipal handles the candidate pipeline, but when you need sign-offs on job postings, offers, or client contracts? That's where email chains go to die. ApproveThis acts like a bouncer for your decisions – it gets the right eyes on requests fast and kicks bottlenecks to the curb.

Connect them through Zapier, and you've got an assembly line for approvals. New Ceipal applicant? Auto-send to HR for vetting. Job req stuck in legal review? Escalate after 48 hours. No more "Did you see my email?" – just a paper trail even your auditor will love.

Why This Combo Doesn't Suck

Most approval tools make you choose between speed and control. ApproveThis gives both. Need three department heads to sign off on a new client rate card in Ceipal? Set sequential approvals so legal goes first. Temp agency hiring 50 seasonal workers? Auto-approve roles under $25/hr after one manager's nod.

Bonus: Approvers only need ApproveThis access – no extra Ceipal seats required. Perfect when using external recruiters or getting client sign-off on candidate shortlists. Your budget team will high-five you.

Actual Ways This Makes Your Life Easier

1. Killing "Who Approved This?!" Moments

Scenario: A healthcare staffing agency places a nurse with expired credentials. Oops. With ApproveThis + Ceipal:

• New candidate in Ceipal triggers approval workflow
• Compliance team verifies licenses first
• Only then does hiring manager get the request

Approval thresholds auto-reject candidates missing certs. Audit logs show exactly who said "yes" and when. Legal risk? Managed.

2. Client Approvals That Don't Tank Your Margin

IT staffing firms know the drill: clients drag their feet on candidate interviews, blowing up timelines. Fix it:

• Ceipal interview scheduled → ApproveThis alert to client
• Auto-remind every 12 hours
• No response in 48hrs? Escalate to client's VP

Suddenly clients reply faster when their boss gets pinged. You hit placement deadlines, consultants get billed faster. Cha-ching.

3. Job Postings That Don't Embarrass You

Ever had a recruiter post a job with the wrong salary range? Yeah, that's a company-wide email you don't want to send. Zapier watches Ceipal for new postings, fires them to ApproveThis for:

- Compensation team validates pay bands
- Legal checks non-compete clauses
- Marketing ensures branding isn't cringy

Errors get caught before they go live. Recruiters stay productive instead of fixing messes.

Setup That Won't Make You Rage-Quit

Zapier does the heavy lifting. For the "New Applicant → Approval" flow:

1. Zap Trigger: New applicant in Ceipal
2. Filter: Only if role is Director-level or higher
3. Zap Action: Create ApproveThis request
4. Map Fields: Candidate name, role, salary to approval form
5. Set Approvers: CFO, HR VP, hiring manager (in that order)

Test with one job req first. Tweak the workflow, then scale. Your IT team won't even need to get involved.

Features Your Team Will Actually Use

ApproveThis isn't just about routing forms. These matter when hiring gets chaotic:

Vacation Delegation: CFO out? Approval auto-forwards to COO. No more "Waiting on Jane" status.
Calculated Fields: Auto-add 15% markup to contractor rates in approval forms. No math errors.
Real-Time Dashboards: See which reqs are stuck in limbo. Spoiler: It's usually legal's fault.

Who Benefits (Besides Your Sanity)

HR & Talent Teams

Get hiring manager approvals faster. Auto-reject candidates who don't meet basic reqs before wasting interview time.

Finance

Enforce budget checks before offers go out. Because nothing's worse than a signed offer that breaks your comp structure.

Operations

Track time-to-approval metrics. Prove you need more headcount when reqs pile up in engineering.

Execs

See approval bottlenecks across departments. Spoiler: It's usually legal's fault.

Common Objections (And Why They're Wrong)

"We just use email approvals." Cool. How'd that work when Karen from accounting OOO'd and the offer expired? ApproveThis auto-reassigns so you don't lose the candidate.

"Our ATS has approvals." Ceipal's basics work for simple OKs. But if you need multi-department sign-offs with conditional logic? That's where ApproveThis eats it for lunch.

Bottom Line

You bought Ceipal to hire faster. But approvals are still stuck in 2010. ApproveThis isn't another tool – it's the missing piece that lets Ceipal actually work at your company's speed.

Spend 15 minutes setting up a free trial. Connect one approval flow. Watch how much less you hate Mondays.

Or, book a demo and we'll show you how other staffing firms cut approval time by 70%. Your choice. But seriously, stop using email for this.