Electronic Authorizations

The e-Authorization “e-Auth” is an electronic hiring tool used to hire and re-hire student employees. The process is developed to assist in all campus’ goals to simplify the hiring process for student employees, reduce waste, and cut back on paper use.

Important: Please do not attempt to use the Student Hire e-Authorization process until you have completed some form of training.

Steps to accessing and using E-Hire:

1. You, as the Payroll Processor, will need access to the E-Hire Tool on Mainestreet. To gain acccess, please reach out to us by email, student.employ@maine.edu or by calling us at 207.581.1349 to let us know that you need E-Hire access.
2. Once your access has been processed, use the attached instructions to navigate to the E-Hire Tool.
3. Request a training from Student Employment or Payroll if you have any questions.
4. If your student is a new hire and has never had a job with the University before please fill out this form here to request to pull the student into the Electronic Rehire Tool. Notice: This only pertains to students who have a Mainestreet ID. Students who do not have a Mainestreet ID can not be hired using the Electronic Rehire Tool and a paper authorization must be used.
5. You can complete a change form via E-Hire, to do this please refer back to the Electronic Rehire Tool Supervisor Training Guide located here.

Any questions can be forwarded to student.employ@maine.edu, or by leaving a voicemail for one of our Graduate Assistant at (207) 581-1349.