HR management

Personio

9min

With Personio modules in Make, you can manage the attendances, applications, documents, projects, employees, time-offs, and positions in your Personio account.

To use the Personio modules, you must have a paid account. For subscription information, refer to the Personio Pricing page.

Refer to the Personio API documentation for the list of available endpoints.

Connect Personio to Make

To establish the connection, you must:

  1. Create a custom application in Personio.
  2. Only for Applications modules: Get a Company ID and a Recruiting Access Token in Personio.
  3. Establish the connection in Make.

Create a custom application in Personio

To create a Personio custom application and retrieve your client credentials:

  1. Log in to your Personio account.
  2. In the left sidebar, click Settings.
  3. In the Integrations tab, click API credentials.
  4. Click Create custom integration.
  5. In the Name field, enter the name of a new integration. Click Next.
  6. Select the needed scopes and attributes according to Make modules that you will use. Click Create integration.
  7. Copy your Client ID and API secret values and store them in a safe place. Click Finish.

You will use these values in the Client ID and Client Secret fields in Make.

Get a Company ID and a Recruiting Access Token in Personio

To retrieve credentials:

  1. Log in to your Personio account.
  2. In the left sidebar, click Settings.
  3. In the Integrations tab, click API credentials.
  4. In the integrations table, click Recruiting Integrations.
  5. Copy the Your company ID and Access token values and store them in a safe place.

You will use these values in the Company ID and Recruiting Access Token fields in Make.

Establish the connection with Personio in Make

To establish the connection in Make:

  1. Log in to your Make account, add a Personio module to your scenario, and click Create a connection.
  2. Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
  3. Enter your credentials:
    • For Applications modules:
      1. In the Company ID field, enter your Company ID value that you copied above.
      2. In the Recruiting Access Token field, enter your Access token that you copied above.
    • For the rest of modules:
      1. In the Client ID field, enter your Client ID value that you copied above.
      2. In the Client Secret field, enter your API secret that you copied above.
      3. Optional: Click Show advanced settings and select whether you want to force the access token to refresh if you are editing the connection.
  4. Click Save.
  5. If prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access.

You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit your and add more Personio modules. If your connection requires reauthorization at any point, follow the connection renewal steps here.

Build Personio 

After connecting the app, you can perform the following actions:

Attendances

  • Search Attendances

Applications

  • Create an Application
  • Upload Application Document

Documents

  • List Document Categories
  • Upload a Document

Projects

  • Create a Project

Employees

  • Watch Employees
  • Create an Employee
  • Update an Employee
  • List Employees
  • List Employee Absence Balances
  • Get an Employee

Time-Offs

  • Get a Time Off
  • List Time-Off Types
  • List Time-Offs

Positions

  • Watch Positions
  • List Open Positions

Other

  • Make an API Call



Updated 02 Apr 2025
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