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Employer Role Types: Advocate

Jennifer
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The Advocate seat is designed for individuals who help build relationships with candidates by participating in events, career fairs, live 1:1 sessions, and messaging. 

This role is ideal for individuals who support student engagement but do not manage day-to-day recruiting, including:

  • Interns and former interns who are not full-time employees or do not have a company email. They promote the company and share their experiences with students during events, fairs, and employer-hosted meetings.
  • Employees outside the recruiting team, such as ERG participants who support student engagement and help students learn about specific roles or departments.
  • Recruiting team members who are involved in the post-application hiring process but do not manage day-to-day recruiting tasks.

Note: Advocate seats are only available to Enterprise (formerly TES) customers. 

Advocate access consists of default, configurable, and non-configurable permissions, as detailed below.

Default permissions 

The following permissions are enabled by default when an Advocate seat is assigned. 

All permissions can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin:

  • Jobs
    • View jobs (Limited)
      • Advocates are only able to view job details for postings that have been shared with them.
  • 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 (Limited)
  • Schools & Contacts
    • View schools
  • Candidate sourcing (1:1, Limited)
    • Talent list (basic) 

 

Advanced permissions enabled by default

  • Candidate sourcing (Advanced)
    • View candidate engagement
    • Talent list (Advanced) 
    • Tagged in message intros or campaigns
  • Schools & Contacts
    • Manage your school lists

 

Configurable permissions

The following permissions are optional and can be enabled or disabled by the company Owner or Admin:

  • Jobs
    • View jobs
    • Manage jobs
    • Manage job applicants 
  • On-campus interviews
    • View on-campus interviews
    • Manage on-campus interviews
    • View on-campus interview applicants
  • Events
    • Manage events 
  • Career Fairs
    • Manage fairs 
  • 1:1 schedules (Limited)
    • Manage 1:1 schedules (Limited)
  • Schools & Contacts
    • Manage schools
    • Manage contact list 
  • Reporting & Analytics 
    • Analytics (Standard)
    • Insights (Standard)

 

Non configurable permissions

These permissions are not available to Advocates and cannot be changed:

  • Administration 
    • Manage team
    • Manage employer settings
    • Edit employer brand page 
  • Candidate sourcing (Advanced)
    • Candidate sourcing bulk messaging
    • Message introductions
    • Manage campaigns 
  • Schools & Contacts 
    • Manage teammates' school lists

 

Permissions with Event Manager 

When the Events module is added, some permissions are enabled by default while others are available to be configured. 

All permissions can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin.

Default permissions

  • Event Manager

    • Launch check in kiosks

    • Attend 1:1 schedules (advanced)

    • Use the Mobile Events app

Configurable permissions

  • Event Manager

    • Manage 1:1 schedules (advanced)

 

Permissions with School Explorer

The following permission is enabled by default when School Explorer is added and can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin:

  • School Explorer
    • School explorer 

Permissions with Insights

The following permission is enabled by default when Insights is added and can be adjusted by the company Owner or Admin.

  • Reporting & Analytics
    • Insights (Advanced)

 

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