Phenom provides an Intelligent Talent Experience Management (ITXM) platform that enables organizations to attract, engage, recruit, hire, develop, and retain talent through personalized digital experiences. The platform supports capabilities such as career sites, job discovery, candidate and application management, talent CRM, recruiting, job requisition and offer management, and new-hire experiences, while integrating with enterprise HCM systems such as Workday to exchange data and complete downstream HR processes.

Phenom's integration with Greenhouse Recruiting allows users to read Job Requisitions, Candidates and Job Applications. This also deals with Job Application Hiring Status updates.

Value of the Phenom integration

The Phenom integration with Greenhouse Recruiting provides a seamless bridge between Phenom's Intelligent Talent Experience Management (ITXM) platform and Greenhouse's applicant tracking system (ATS).

By connecting Phenom and Greenhouse Recruiting, talent acquisition teams benefit from:

  • Unified Candidate Experience: Provide candidates with personalized job discovery, AI-driven career site navigation, and seamless application submission while staying synchronized with Greenhouse.
  • Automated Data Synchronization: Eliminate double data entry by automatically syncing job requisitions, candidate profiles, application status changes, and hiring updates between systems in real time.
  • Enhanced Sourcing & Nurturing: Empower recruiters to leverage Phenom's Talent CRM and automated engagement tools while maintaining Greenhouse as the single source of truth for hiring decisions and pipeline tracking.
  • Full Pipeline Visibility: Ensure talent acquisition teams have complete clarity on candidate progression from initial career site interaction through to offer and hire status updates.

Supported integration types

Phenom offers a robust suite of integrations designed to connect directly with Greenhouse Recruiting, allowing key data points to flow seamlessly between both systems. Below are the primary integration types supported out of the box:

  • Job sync: Automatically pulls open job requisitions from Greenhouse Recruiting into the Phenom Platform, enabling job discovery on Phenom Career Sites and Talent CRM.
  • Apply Integration: Syncs candidate profiles, resumes, and application responses submitted via Phenom Hosted Apply back into Greenhouse Recruiting as new applications.
  • Hiring Status Integration: Continuously updates candidate and application hiring stages between systems. Status changes, whether triggered manually or through automated workflows in either systems, seamlessly flow between Phenom and Greenhouse to keep recruiters aligned in real time.

Configure the Phenom TXM connection using Harvest v3 API

The integration between Phenom and Greenhouse Recruiting uses the Greenhouse Harvest v3 API to establish a secure, real-time connection between both platforms.

Credentials setup in Phenom (Phenom Team)

The Implementation Team initiates the configuration in Phenom and shares the Authentication URL with the customer's Greenhouse Site Admin.

The customer's Greenhouse Site Admin needs to authorize the connection:

Open the Authentication URL provided by your Phenom representative in a browser.

Greenhouse authorization page for granting Phenom API access

Log in with your Greenhouse Recruiting administrator credentials.

On the authorization page check "Authorize using a service account." This isn't mandatory, but we recommend it.

Review and grant the required API access permissions to authorize Phenom.

Once authorization is granted, a Refresh Token will display on your screen.

Click Copy Token and securely share this token with your Phenom Implementation contact.

Token exchange & activation (Phenom Team)

The Phenom representative completes the secure token exchange using the shared token in the Phenom system.

Phenom integration setup

The configuration and orchestration of your integration workflows are managed directly by the Phenom Implementation and Technical Consulting teams. Because every organization maintains unique recruitment processes, Phenom tailors the setup to align specifically with your business requirements, ATS configuration, and hiring workflows.

Use the Phenom integration with Greenhouse Recruiting

Use the Job Sync integration

The Job Sync integration automatically pulls open job requisitions from Greenhouse Recruiting into the Phenom Platform, populating career sites, talent communities, and CRM search indices.

  • Execution Mechanism: Scheduled job running automatically at regular, configured intervals.
  • Customer Action Required: None. Once configured by Phenom, syncs execute automatically in the background.
  • Key Data Exchanged (Greenhouse to Phenom):
    • Job Identifiers: Job Posting URL / Apply URL, Greenhouse Posting ID, Requisition ID.
    • Job Content: Job Title, Job Description (HTML content), Posted / First Published Date.
    • Employment Details: Time Type (e.g., Full-time), Work Arrangement (e.g., Remote / Hybrid), Worker Subtype (e.g., Regular / Contractor), Category, Evergreen Flag.
    • Location Information: Primary and Multi-location details (parsed into City, State, Country, Address, and Map Query coordinates).
    • People & Ownership: Assigned Recruiter (ID, Name, Email) and Hiring Manager (ID, Name, Email).

Use the Hiring Status integration (HSI - Greenhouse to Phenom)

The Hiring Status Integration synchronizes candidate application progress and stage updates from Greenhouse Recruiting into Phenom to give recruiters complete visibility inside the Phenom CRM.

  • Execution Mechanism: Scheduled integration running on regular, configured sync cycles.
  • Customer Action Required: None. Data updates automatically based on recruiter actions taken within Greenhouse.
  • Key Data Exchanged (Greenhouse to Phenom):
    • Timestamps: Created Date, Updated Date.
    • Candidate Profile Data: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Candidate ID.
    • Status & Stage Data: Hiring Status, Hiring Status ID.

Use the Hiring Status integration (HSI 2-Way - Phenom to Greenhouse)

This real-time integration enables status updates or rejections made inside the Phenom Platform (either manually by recruiters or automatically via Phenom automated workflows) to push back directly into Greenhouse Recruiting.

  • Execution Mechanism: Real-time event trigger (triggered immediately upon status or workflow stage update in Phenom).
  • Customer Action Required: None. It is seamlessly integrated into the recruiter's daily workflow in the Phenom CRM.
  • Key Data Exchanged (Phenom to Greenhouse):
    • Identifiers: Application ID, Candidate ID, Job ID, Request ID.
    • Candidate & Recruiter Info: Candidate Email, Recruiter Name, Recruiter Email, CRM User ID.
    • Status & Workflow Mapping: Current Application Status & Workflow Step ID, Target Status & Target Step, Full Status String, Rejection Flag.
    • Audit Details: Comments/Notes.

Use custom & specialized integrations

For any other custom integrations (e.g., Assessments, Background Checks), the setup and field mapping are highly specific to your business rules and workflow requirements.

Additional resources

If you need assistance setting up new workflows, adjusting scheduled synchronization frequencies, or modifying existing field mappings, please reach out to your Phenom Account Team or contact Phenom Support at support@phenom.com.