How agencies work

An agency finds people and puts them forward for an employer's jobs. On MHive an agency does its work through agency teams, candidate profiles, and job applications.

The pieces

1. Agency capability — an admin gives your company the Agency capability. You cannot request it yourself; an admin sets it up.
2. Agency team — you work inside a team. A team acts under one capability, so an agency does its work in an agency team. See Create an agency team.
3. Candidate profiles — you create and manage the people you represent. See Add a candidate.
4. Jobs — MHive opens jobs to agencies when it approves them: to every agency, or to the agencies it picks. On each job open to you, MHive shows which of your candidates fit, and you put the ones you choose forward. See Put candidates forward.

How a placement flows

1. An admin approves your Agency capability.
2. You create an agency team and add your recruiters as members.
3. You add candidate profiles for the people you represent.
4. MHive opens a job to your agency. Your candidates who fit it are eligible: only you and MHive see them.
5. You put forward the eligible candidates you choose. The employer sees them at once and is told.
6. The employer selects the ones it wants, you confirm they are available, and the hiring steps follow.

Two ways a profile comes to you

1. Managed — you create the profile yourself. It is owned by nobody and managed by your agency team.
2. Delegated — a candidate who has their own account hands their profile to your agency to manage. They can take it back at any time. See Delegated profiles.