Personio Integration

Automate tamper-proof references when employees leave your organisation.

Connect Personio to RefPassport and issue verified employment references as part of your offboarding process.

How It Works

Three steps to fully automated references with Personio.

1

Connect Your Personio Account

Generate API credentials in Personio and paste them into your RefPassport settings. We use Personio's REST API to monitor employee status changes.

2

Employee Leaves

When an employee's status changes to “inactive” or their end date is reached in Personio, RefPassport detects it automatically.

3

Reference Created and Delivered

A verified reference is created from the employee's Personio profile and sent to them directly. They carry it to their next role.

What We Access

Transparency about the data RefPassport reads from your Personio account.

  • Employee name, job title, department
  • Employment start and end dates
  • Work email address (for reference delivery only, not stored after delivery)

Read-only access. We use read-only API access. We cannot modify, delete, or write any data in your Personio account.

Why Automate with Personio?

Personio is the leading HR platform for European SMEs. Connecting it to RefPassport means references are handled automatically when employees leave.

Built for European companies

Personio is designed for European businesses, and so is the need for structured employment references. Many European countries have strong norms around providing formal references when employees leave. RefPassport automates this obligation so your HR team does not have to handle each request manually. The reference is created once, and future employers verify it themselves.

Contract end dates trigger references too

Not every departure is a resignation or termination. In Personio, many employees have fixed-term contracts with defined end dates. RefPassport monitors these end dates in addition to status changes. When a contract expires, the reference is created automatically, even if nobody remembers to update the employee's status. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Personio data does RefPassport access?

We access employee name, job title, department, employment dates, and work email via Personio's read-only API. We cannot modify any data in your Personio account. Employee contact details are used only to deliver the reference and are not stored after delivery.

Does this work with Personio's offboarding workflows?

Yes. RefPassport monitors employee status changes in Personio. When an employee moves through your offboarding process and their status changes to inactive, or their contract end date is reached, we create the reference automatically.

Which Personio plans support API access?

API access is available on Personio's Professional and Enterprise plans. On the RefPassport side, HRIS integrations are available on the Enterprise plan.

Ready to Automate Your References?

Connect Personio to RefPassport and never respond to a reference request again.