Hiring Requests

Request and track approvals for new positions in your organization. Before a job can be posted and candidates sourced, a hiring request captures the business need for the role and routes it for approval — so headcount and budget are signed off before recruitment begins.

What you can do here:

Submit new hiring requests for open positions
Track the approval status of each request
Switch between your own requests, your team’s, and all employees’
Filter requests by status (Draft, Pending, Approved, Rejected, Cancelled)
Open a request to see its full details and approval timeline
Approve or reject requests assigned to you, and create a job from an approved one
Cancel a request you no longer need

Summary Cards

Four cards at the top of the page give you an at-a-glance summary. Each card shows a count of requests and the total number of positions those requests cover (a single request can ask for more than one position).

Card	Description
Pending Approval	Requests submitted and waiting for an approver to act on them
Approved	Requests that have been approved and can move into recruitment
Total Open	All requests that are still active (not rejected or cancelled)
Rejected	Requests an approver has declined

Viewing Hiring Requests

Scope Tabs

The tabs above the list control whose requests you see:

My Requests — Only the requests you submitted yourself
Team — Requests submitted by your direct reports
All Employees — Every request across the organization (HR/admin view)

Filtering by Status

Use the Status filter buttons to narrow the list:

Status	Meaning
All	Shows every request, regardless of status
Draft	Request created but not yet submitted for approval
Pending	Submitted and awaiting approval
Approved	Approved and ready for recruitment
Rejected	Declined by an approver
Cancelled	Withdrawn by the requester

Request Cards

Each request appears as a card showing the requester’s initials; the status, employment type, and experience level as badges; the position title; the justification; who requested it; the date it was created; the number of positions; and the target start date. If a salary range is set, it appears on the right. Once a request is in (or past) approval, an inline Approval Progress bar shows which step it’s on and who it’s waiting for.

The actions on the right of each card depend on its status:

Submit — Sends a draft request for approval (shown on drafts only)
Cancel — Withdraws the request (available while it’s a draft or still pending)
Details — Opens the request’s full details (see Viewing Request Details below)

How to Create a Hiring Request

Submit a new request when you need to hire for an open role.

Click New Hiring Request in the top right
Fill in the position details
Click Create Request

The request is saved as a draft until you submit it for approval.

Field Descriptions

Field	Description	Required
Position Title	The job title for the role you’re requesting (e.g., “Senior React Developer”).	Yes
Number of Positions	How many people you need to hire for this role. Defaults to `1`.	Yes
Employment Type	The type of employment for the role. Options: Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Internship.	No
Experience Level	The seniority expected for the role. Options: Entry Level, Mid Level, Senior, Lead, Executive.	No
Justification	The business reason for hiring. Options: Team Expansion, Replacement, New Project, Skill Gap, Increased Workload, Succession Planning, Other.	No
Job Description	A description of the role — responsibilities, technical skills needed, and any specific requirements.	No
Target Start Date	The date by which you need the new hire to start.	No

Add a clear justification and a detailed job description before submitting. This helps approvers understand the business need and speeds up their decision.

Viewing Request Details

Click Details on any request card to open the request in a dialog that gathers everything in one place — so you can review (and approve) a request without leaving the list.

Section	What it shows
Header	The position title with its status badge
Summary line	Who requested it, the date, the number of positions, and the department/location
Badges	Employment type, experience level, and a budget status — Budget Approved or Budget Pending
Justification	The business reason chosen for the request
Job Description	The full description entered when the request was created
Details	Department, location, target start date, when it was requested, and when it was last updated
Approval	The approval progress and a step-by-step timeline showing each approver, their decision, and when they acted
Salary Range	The budgeted salary range, shown as a chip when one is set

The action at the bottom of the dialog depends on the request and your role:

If you’re the assigned approver, you’ll see a comment box with Approve and Reject buttons (rejecting asks you for a reason).
If the request is approved, you’ll see Create Job to turn it straight into a job posting — or View Job Posting if a job has already been created from it.

Hiring Request Workflow

A request moves through these stages:

Draft — Created but not yet submitted
Pending Approval — Submitted and waiting for an approver to act
Approved — Approved; the role can now move into recruitment
Rejected — Declined by an approver
Cancelled — Withdrawn by the requester

Once a request is approved, open it and click Create Job to turn it straight into a job posting — then start sourcing candidates from the Jobs section.

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