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name: recruitment-intake-change-control
description: Compare a new hiring request with the approved intake and expose changed requirements before the search quietly shifts.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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# Recruitment Intake Change Control

## Inputs
Approved original intake, dated manager change request, current search criteria, approval owners and candidate communication policy.

## Workflow
1. Confirm which intake version was approved and who owns changes. Without an approved baseline, report the comparison as blocked.
2. Diff requirements, location, pay, seniority and timeline. Separate a clarification from a new knockout requirement.
3. List affected sourcing queries, screening forms and candidates already assessed. Do not retroactively apply the new requirement.
4. Return a change register and owner questions. Do not edit a job advert, notify candidates or reopen the search without approval.

## Output contract
requirement | approved baseline | requested change | source | affected stage | owner approval | communication gate

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional approved intake lists SQL as preferred. A later note says SQL is mandatory but carries no approval. Log a proposed change affecting screening; retain the original preference until the owner approves the change and its treatment of existing candidates.

## Review gates
The output must preserve baseline and proposed states separately. A manager note is evidence of a request, not proof that every affected action is approved.

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Method source: https://www.cipd.org/en/knowledge/factsheets/selection-factsheet/