# Managing Hired Talent

> Work with the talent you've hired — message them, track meetings, and review and pay their statements.

Source: https://docs.graph8.com/marketplace/clients/managing/

Once talent accept your offers, you manage the ongoing relationship from the **My Talent**, **Meetings**, **Messages**, and **Statements** tabs.

## My Talent

The **My Talent** tab lists everyone you've actively hired. From each talent's menu you can:

- **Manage list access** — control which contact lists the talent can work
- **Terminate contract** — end the engagement

![The My Talent tab with active hired talent](https://docs.graph8.com/images/marketplace/hiring-my-talent.png)

Terminating opens a confirmation that explains the final prorated invoice and that you can re-hire later:

![The terminate contract confirmation dialog](https://docs.graph8.com/images/marketplace/hiring-terminate.png)

## Messages & Meetings

- **Messages** — real-time threads with your talent for day-to-day coordination.
- **Meetings** — every meeting your talent have booked, so you can see the outbound they're generating.

![The Meetings tab with logged meetings by date, type, status, and contact](https://docs.graph8.com/images/marketplace/hiring-meetings-log.png)

![A message thread with a talent](https://docs.graph8.com/images/marketplace/hiring-messages.png)

## Statements (billing)

Talent submit **service statements** for the work they've done, and you review and pay them from the **Statements** tab. Each statement moves through these statuses:

| Status | Meaning |
|--------|---------|
| **Draft** | The talent hasn't submitted it yet |
| **Submitted** | Waiting on your review |
| **Approved** | You approved it for payment |
| **Rejected** | You declined it (with a reason) |
| **Changes Requested** | You asked the talent to revise it |
| **Expired** | It lapsed without action |

When a statement is **Submitted**, you can:

1. **Approve & Pay** — approve and pay it immediately.
2. **Request Changes** — send it back with a note on what needs to change.
3. **Reject** — decline it with a reason.

Approved statements show a **Pay Now** action if payment is still pending.

![The Statements tab with submitted and approved service statements and Approve & Pay actions](https://docs.graph8.com/images/marketplace/hiring-invoices.png)

## Next Steps

- [Hiring Talent →](https://docs.graph8.com/marketplace/clients/hiring/)
- [Browsing & Filtering Talent →](https://docs.graph8.com/marketplace/clients/browse/)