
ApproveThis manages your Model Match Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Contacts
When Bureaucracy Meets Pipeline Management
Let's be real – mortgage lenders have better things to do than play email tag about whether Susan from accounting approved that new hire requisition. Model Match already helps teams wrangle recruiting pipelines and candidate data. ApproveThis handles the red tape. Together? They turn "waiting for approval" from a full-time job into an automated footnote.
This integration isn't about adding more software to your stack. It's about making two tools you already need work like they were built for each other. No extra seats required for approvers. No more digging through CRM updates to find what needs signing off. Just decisions getting made where they matter, when they matter.
Why This Combo Doesn't Just Work – It Pays Rent
Model Match organizes your recruiting pipeline. ApproveThis organizes your team's decisions. Connect them through Zapier, and you get:
- Loan officers automatically flagging compliance approvals when candidate details change
- HR teams getting instant alerts to review new hire reqs before they stall in the pipeline
We're talking about turning approval bottlenecks into automatic next steps. A regional bank using this combo shaved 11 days off their average recruiter-to-underwriter handoff. How? Every time Model Match updated a candidate's licensing status, ApproveThis immediately poked the right department head for review.
Real Workflows for People Who Hate "Workflow Talk"
Use Case 1: Candidate Change Approvals That Don't Suck
Picture this – your recruiting team updates a loan officer candidate's NMLS ID in Model Match. Normally, this would trigger three Slack messages, an email thread, and maybe a carrier pigeon to compliance. With the integration:
- Model Match triggers a Zapier workflow on contact update
- ApproveThis creates an approval task for your compliance lead
- Compliance either approves directly from email or kicks it back with notes
An Arizona-based lender uses this exact flow to handle 120+ licensing updates monthly. Their VP of Operations told us (not verbatim, because we keep our promises) it's like having an admin assistant who actually reads the whole email.
Use Case 2: Approval Status Actually Updating Your CRM
Here's where most approval tools drop the ball – they say "approved" but leave you to manually update systems. Not here. When an ApproveThis request gets approved:
- Zapier pushes that decision back to Model Match
- The candidate's profile automatically moves to "Ready for Onboarding"
- Recruiting gets alerted to schedule orientation
A Midwest credit union automated their entire post-approval handoff this way. New hires now get onboarded 63% faster because HR isn't waiting on IT to update systems manually.
Features You'll Actually Use (No Fluff)
Email Approvals That Don't Get Lost
Approvers can greenlight requests directly from their inbox – crucial for executives who live in email. Bonus: If your compliance officer is OOO, ApproveThis automatically reroutes requests to their backup. No more "Waiting for Janice" statuses.
Thresholds That Make Sense
Set approval rules like "Any candidate requiring over $500k lending authority needs CFO review." Model Match data triggers these thresholds automatically through calculated fields. You're not just automating approvals – you're encoding institutional knowledge.
Setup That Won't Make You Call IT
1. Connect the Apps: Create a Zapier account if you don't have one
2. Trigger: Choose Model Match's "Contact Updated" event
3. Action: Select ApproveThis' "Create Request"
4. Map Fields: Link Model Match data to approval form fields
5. Test: Update a Model Match contact to trigger a test approval
Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' conditional logic to route different contact types (loan officers vs. underwriters) to separate approval chains automatically.
Who Actually Benefits (Besides Your Sanity)
Recruiting Teams
No more herding executives to approve reqs. When a candidate moves to "Offer Stage" in Model Match, ApproveThis automatically notifies department heads. Denials get flagged early before wasting interviewer time.
Compliance Officers
Auto-generated audit trails showing who approved which candidate credentials. Plus, automatic escalation if approvals stall past SLAs.
Branch Managers
Real-time dashboards showing exactly which hires are stuck waiting on what. Bonus: Vacation delegation means approvals don't die when someone's at a closing.
The Part Where We Tell You What to Do Next
If you're using Model Match but still doing approvals via email chains or worse – printed forms – you're leaving efficiency points on the table. ApproveThis isn't another platform to manage; it's the missing layer that makes your existing tools actually talk to each other.
Free option: Register for ApproveThis and connect your Model Match account in under 15 minutes.
Hand-holding option: Schedule a demo where we'll show exactly how a 200-employee lender automated 83% of their hiring approvals.
Either way, stop letting approval paralysis be the reason good candidates slip through the cracks. Your pipeline will thank you.
Integrate with Model Match Integration and get 90 days of ApproveThis for free.
After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.
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Best Approval Workflows for Model Match
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Model Match
Create approval requests for updated Model Match contacts
When a contact is updated in Model Match, create an approval request in ApproveThis to review the changes. This integration ensures that updates are overseen before finalizing, enhancing decision-making. *Note: Configure additional fields in ApproveThis for detailed approvals.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Contact Updated
Triggers when a contact is updated.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Update contact stage for approved requests
When a request is approved or denied in ApproveThis, update the contact stage in Model Match accordingly. This integration keeps contact statuses aligned with approval outcomes, ensuring timely follow-ups. *Note: Set stage criteria in Model Match to align with approval results.*
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
Update Contact Stage
Updates a Contact to a stage.
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