Plan how to hire for a role
Sourcing channels, outreach, employer brand, timeline, and process for filling a role.
The prompt
Help me plan how to hire for a role.
Role, level, and location/remote: [DETAILS]
Why it's open and what success looks like in 12 months: [CONTEXT]
Budget and timeline: [SALARY RANGE / TARGET START DATE]
Hiring team: [WHO'S INVOLVED]
Past hiring challenges: [NOTES]
Deliver:
1. Candidate profile — must-haves vs. trainable skills.
2. Sourcing plan — channels ranked for this role (referrals, communities, job boards, outreach, universities) with effort and expected yield.
3. Outreach message templates for passive candidates.
4. Selection process — stages, who runs each, and what each stage assesses (no duplicate interviews).
5. Timeline and candidate-experience standards (response times, feedback).
6. Metrics — time to hire, pass-through rates, source of hire.
Keep it fair and consistent: structured criteria, diverse sourcing, no questions about protected characteristics.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- CONTEXT
- SALARY RANGE / TARGET START DATE
- WHO'S INVOLVED
- NOTES
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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