
ApproveThis manages your Madgex Job Board Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Hr
When Job Boards Meet Approval Boards
Let’s cut through the noise: job postings live or die by speed and compliance. Marketing needs campaigns yesterday. HR needs error-free listings. Legal needs to avoid lawsuits from misclassified roles. And everyone needs to stop chasing down approvers in Slack. That’s where connecting Madgex Job Board with ApproveThis via Zapier turns approval bottlenecks into a straight shot of productivity.
What Happens When You Plug These Two Together
Madgex runs the job board circus – postings, alerts, candidate flows. ApproveThis handles the approval rodeo – routing decisions, forcing accountability, keeping paper trails. Combine them, and you get automated guardrails that make sure every job listing, alert, or candidate communication gets the right eyeballs before things go live.
The Nuts and Bolts
ApproveThis brings three killer features to Madgex users:
- Email approvals – External partners can approve/deny without logging into Madgex
- Threshold rules – Auto-approve standard roles under $75k? Done
- Delegation – No more stalled approvals because someone’s at Burning Man
Real-World Use Cases That Don’t Suck
We’re not here for hypotheticals. Let’s talk about actual fires this integration puts out:
1. HR Teams: Stop Babysitting Job Listings
Madgex handles the job board tech stack. ApproveThis handles the human stack. Example: A healthcare company needs 3 sign-offs for nursing role postings – hiring manager, compliance officer, union rep. With Zapier, every new Madgex job posting triggers an ApproveThis workflow that:
- Routes to approvers based on job category (nursing vs. admin)
- Auto-escalates if no response in 48hrs
- Publishes to Madgex the second all approvals are green
Bonus: Use calculated fields to flag listings missing salary ranges or requiring EEOC statements.
2. Marketing Teams: Compliance Without the Paperwork Hangover
Job alerts are marketing campaigns in disguise. A tech startup using Madgex job alerts for candidate nurturing can set up:
Automation: New Madgex job alert → ApproveThis workflow requiring marketing lead + legal approval → Only send alerts that pass compliance checks.
Why it matters: One bad alert with discriminatory language = lawsuit city. This setup keeps marketing agile but covered.
3. Operations: Fix the “Who Approved This?!” Black Hole
Madgex tells you what’s published. ApproveThis tells you why it’s published. For companies managing global job boards, ApproveThis logs every decision with:
- Timestamps
- Approval comments
- Version history
Auditors love this. Lawyers love this. You’ll love not being the human search engine for last year’s approval decisions.
Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind
Zapier makes this stupidly simple. Here’s the playbook:
- Connect Madgex to Zapier: Use Madgex’s API keys (they’ve got docs for this)
- Pick Your Trigger: New job posting? Job alert created? Published job?
- Map to ApproveThis: Zapier grabs the Madgex data → ApproveThis auto-generates the approval request with all details pre-filled
- Set Approval Rules: Add thresholds, approver groups, escalation protocols
Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’s conditional logic to auto-approve junior roles under $50k but require CFO sign-off for executive listings.
Why Your Finance Team Will High-Five You
Approval delays cost real money. A manufacturing company using this integration cut time-to-post roles from 5 days to 8 hours. How? Finance set up auto-approvals for any role under budgeted department salaries. No more manual checks for standard engineering hires.
The External Approver Hack
Madgex seats get expensive. With ApproveThis, external recruiters or clients can approve listings via email without a Madgex login. Client needs to approve their job description? Send them an ApproveThis link. They approve → Madgex auto-publishes. No license required.
When to Use This vs. Native Tools
Madgex has basic approval features. ApproveThis is for when you need:
- Multi-team approvals (HR + Marketing + Legal)
- Audit trails for SOC2 compliance
- Conditional rules based on job data
- External approvers without system access
“But We’re Not a Tech Company”
This isn’t just for Silicon Valley. A 200-person retail chain uses this integration to:
1. Auto-approve seasonal store associate postings at approved locations
2. Require CMO approval for any corporate role listings
3. Send approved jobs to Madgex and their internal HR system simultaneously
Red Flags You Need This Integration
- You’ve had a job posting go live with wrong salary info
- Legal keeps finding compliance issues post-publication
- Hiring managers complain about approval delays
- You’re manually updating spreadsheets to track approvals
The Bottom Line
Madgex runs the job board. ApproveThis runs the decision-making. Together, they turn approval bottlenecks into a automated process that’s actually harder to mess up. Less chasing people. Fewer compliance fires. More roles filled faster.
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Best Approval Workflows for Madgex Job Board
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Madgex Job Board
Create request for new job alerts
When a new job alert is created on Madgex, the integration initiates an approval request in ApproveThis to review the alert for compliance and quality. *Note: Ensure that job alert details are mapped correctly in the approval request.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Job Alert Created
Triggers when a new job alert is created.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Update marketing preferences when request completes
When an approval request completes in ApproveThis, the automation updates user marketing preferences in Madgex to keep communication accurate and targeted. *Note: Configure preference fields accordingly.*
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
Update User Marketing Preferences
Updates the indicated User Marketing Preferences with the indicated values.
Create request for new job postings
Whenever a job is published on Madgex, the integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to verify job listing details before promotion. *Note: Map job post data to the approval request fields.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Job Published
Triggers when a job goes from not live (eg. draft) to live.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
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