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name: recruitment-intake-brief
description: Turn a hiring-manager kickoff into a signed-off search brief before sourcing begins, without inventing requirements or compensation.
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Recruitment Intake Brief

Turn a hiring-manager kickoff into a signed-off search brief before sourcing begins, without inventing requirements or compensation.

This free skill is a research and planning workflow. It grants no access to private records and no authority to send, spend, publish, hire or change accounts. Use only approved inputs and keep private data private.

## Inputs

Hiring owner kickoff notes, approved headcount, role location, pay range if approved, job duties, decision process and relevant company hiring policies.

## Workflow

1. Extract the actual work and success outcomes from kickoff notes, citing their source. Separate non-negotiable qualifications from preferences and flag each unsupported requirement.
2. Identify decision-makers, interview stages, target dates and approval owners. Record candidate messaging limits and whether location or pay details are approved for disclosure.
3. Produce a one-page intake brief and a short list of unanswered questions. Ask the hiring owner to approve it before sourcing or publishing any job post.
4. Compare the approved brief to subsequent screening criteria; log material changes and get sign-off rather than quietly changing the search.

## Output contract

`role outcome | evidence/source | must-have | preference | location/pay approval | owner | due date | unresolved question | sign-off`

## Worked fictional example

Fictional analyst search: kickoff says "build monthly revenue reports." SQL is mentioned as useful, but not required. The brief lists reporting as an outcome, SQL as a preference, and asks the manager whether a specific system is mandatory. It does not make SQL a knockout condition.

## Verification and boundaries

Verify role requirements with job analysis and local hiring policy; never create a salary, start date or commitment from a guess. Get human sign-off before job-post publication or contact.

Method source: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/human-capital-management/hiring-reform/hiring-process-analysis-tool/confirm-the-job-analysis-and-assessment-strategy/