Recruiting Intake Process (Sample Guides)

Together, these Recruiting Intake Process and Intake Meeting resources provide a structured, inclusive framework for aligning recruiters and hiring managers at the start of the hiring process. They outline best practices for defining evaluation criteria, reviewing job descriptions for bias, assessing candidate market data, and establishing equitable interview panels and scoring rubrics. By clarifying roles, expectations, and decision-making standards upfront, the guides support a more transparent, consistent, and data-driven recruiting experience. Designed for talent acquisition teams and hiring managers, these tools help organizations improve hiring outcomes while advancing inclusive and fair candidate evaluation practices.

The recruiting intake process guide is for hiring managers to ensure transparency and inclusion into the recruiting process from posting the new position to evaluating candidates for a new position. The recruiting intake meeting process guide is for recruiters in preparation of discussing roles and goals for a new position with the hiring manager.