Requirements to Approve Offers

The minimum requirements for a user to approve offers are described below.

  • The user must be active.

  • The user belongs to the user group of the requisition. (Note: For Dynamic Approval Routing, this requirement is not enforced; users not belonging to the group can be approvers.)

  • The user has the following permissions:

The table shows permissions for offer approval.
User Type Permission Location
Access Recruiting Center AND/OR

Access the Response Center (used primarily by eShare users)

Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Other
View requisitions Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Requisitions

The user can view requisitions in any context meaning that as long as the user can view the object in some circumstances, he/she will be able to access the object to be approved, even if that object is not otherwise visible to the user. For example: a manager can view requisitions that he/she owns but the requisitions being routed for approval is not owned by him/her.

Allow access to professional requisitions OR

Allow access to hourly requisitions OR

Allow access to campus requisitions OR

Allow access to contingent requisitions OR

Allow access to executive requisitions

Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Requisitions
Access requisition-specific candidate lists Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Candidates
View offers Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Offers

The user can view offers in any context meaning that as long as the user can view the object in some circumstances, he/she will be able to access the object to be approved, even if that object is not otherwise visible to the user. For example: a manager can view requisitions that he/she owns but the requisition for the offer being routed for approval is not owned by him/her.

View internal job submissions (if the candidate is an internal candidate) Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > User Types > Recruiting > Candidates

This permission only applies if the candidate receiving the offer is internal and the user needs it also granted at some level, regardless of the context level - like view offers and view requisitions.