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Greenhouse Recruiting’s integration with Oyster allows Oyster customers to import candidate details into the Oyster platform to kickstart the hiring process.
Create a Harvest API key for the Oyster integration
To configure the Greenhouse Recruiting / Oyster integration, you’ll need to create a Harvest API key.
Follow the steps in this article to create the key, and verify that the permissions below are selected when configuring the Oyster integration.
Credentials
In the Create New Credential box, make the following selections:
- API Type: Harvest
- Partner: Oyster (optional)
- Description: Oyster Harvest API Key
Permissions
Please note that the permissions shown below are the minimum requirement needed to correctly sync your account. Your specific use case may require more or fewer permissions. Please reach out to Oyster if you are unsure which permissions you need for your Greenhouse Recruiting integration.
Applications
- Get: Retrieve Application
- Get: List Application
Candidates
- Get: Retrieve Candidate
- Get: List Candidates
Tags
- Get: List tags applied to candidate
- Get: List Candidate Tags
Users
- Get: Retrieve User
- Get: List Users
EEOC
- Get: Retrieve EEOC Data for Application
- Get: List EEOC
Scorecards
- Get: Retrieve Application’s Scorecard
- Get: List Scorecards for Applicants
Offers
- Get: List Application’s Offers
- Get: Retrieve Application’s Current Offer
- Get: Retrieve Offer
- Get: List Offers
Scheduled Interviews
- Get: List Interviews for Application
- Get: Retrieve Interview
- Get: List Interviews
Activity Feed
- Get: Retrieve Activity Feed
Departments
- Get: Retrieve Department
- Get: List Departments
Email Templates
- Get: Retrieve Email Template
- Get: List Email Templates
Jobs
- Get: Retrieve Job
- Get: List Jobs
- Get: Get hiring team
Job Posts
- Get: List Job Posts
- Get: Retrieve Job Post for Job
- Get: List Job Posts for Job
Job Stages
- Get: Retrieve Job Stage
- Get: List Job Stages
Job Openings
- Get: List Openings For a Job
Offices
- Get: Retrieve Office
- Get: List Offices
Rejection Reasons
- Get: List Rejection Reasons
Sources
- Get: List Sources
User Roles
- Get: List User Roles
Close Reasons
- Get: Get close reasons
Approvals
- Get: List Approval Flows For Job
- Get: Get single approval flow
Set up the Greenhouse Recruiting / Oyster integration
In the Oyster platform, navigate to the Customer Admin Dashboard and click Integrations.
On the Integrations page, click Available integrations. Here you will see Greenhouse.
Click Connect.
In the pop-up that appears, enter your Greenhouse API key.
Greenhouse should now appear in the My Integrations tab.
Use the Greenhouse Recruiting / Oyster integration
In Oyster, navigate to the Hire a team member page. (People > Hire)
Click ATS Candidates.
Click Import a candidate. In the pop-up that appears, search for the candidate by entering their first and/or last name.
Once the candidate is found, click Import to Oyster app.
The candidate’s details will then be imported from Greenhouse Recruiting to Oyster.
To hire this candidate through Oyster, click on the 3-dot dropdown on the right and select Proceed with hiring.
Additional resources
For additional questions on the Oyster integration with Greenhouse Recruiting, check out Oyster's Help Center article. For questions about any integration with Oyster, visit their Integrations page.