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Employer Role Types: Representative

Jennifer
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The Representative role is typically assigned to individuals outside the recruiting team who need to participate in their company’s virtual fairs and events.

This role is available exclusively to on-campus employers, Essentials customers, and TES customers, who can assign an unlimited number of Representative seats. For more information, please check out this resource!
The Representative role is not available to Basic employers. To assign Representatives, you must upgrade to an eligible paid plan.

 

Who the Representative role is best suited for

The Representative role is ideal for individuals who need to attend and support virtual recruiting experiences but do not manage core recruiting workflows.

This includes:

  • Employees outside the recruiting team who participate in virtual career fairs and events.

  • Team members who support student engagement by managing attendee check-in and participation during events.

  • Individuals who assist with 1:1 schedules and event logistics but do not post jobs or manage applicants.

 

Representative access consists of default permissions and module based permissions, as outlined below.

Default permissions

The following permissions are enabled by default when a Representative seat is assigned. All permissions can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin:

Events

  • Attend events

  • Manage event attendees

Career fairs

  • Attend fairs

  • Manage fair attendees

1:1 schedules (Limited)

  • Attend 1:1 schedules (Limited)

  • Manage 1:1 schedule attendees

 

Permissions with Event Manager 

When the Event Manager module is added, the following permissions are enabled for Representatives. All permissions can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin:

Event Manager

  • Launch check-in kiosks
  • Attend 1:1 schedules (Advanced)
  • Use Mobile Events app

 

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