The PostYou
You write the job post and brace for the pile.
Case Study 04 / 09
Recruiting Screen
Recruiting was one of the four workflows I removed myself from. Not the interviews, the pile: applications read late and tired, good people missed because their email landed on a bad day. The screen reads everything in full and scores it against a bar I wrote down. Every hire is still mine.
06 Steps Before
02 Stay Yours
01The Workflow, BeforeEvery badge is you
The ReadYou
You skim the pile after hours, and tired skimming misses good people.
The ScoreYou
There is no scoring, just a gut read and three folders: yes, no, maybe.
The ReplyYou
Most applicants never hear back, because replying is one more job you don't have time for.
The ShortlistYou
The shortlist is whoever survived your worst reading hours.
The HireYou
Interviews get scheduled in the calendar's leftovers, so the role stays open long after the work needed it.
02The Same Workflow, Running on AgentsSame steps, new owners
The PostAgent
The post gets drafted from a bar you wrote down once: what the role needs, what disqualifies.
The ReadAgent
Every application is read in full the day it lands.
The ScoreAgent
Every candidate is scored against your bar, disqualifiers first, reasoning written out. Borderline scores get flagged for your read, because a screen can miss the career-changer whose CV doesn't look like the bar.
The ReplyAgent
Everyone hears back, including the noes.
The ShortlistYou
A ranked shortlist lands in front of you, reasoning attached, and from here the judgment is yours.
The Hand-Off · The machine reads everyone so you only read the ones worth meeting
The HireYou
You run the interviews and make the call.
03The System MapYou sit outside the loop
Post Drafter
Reader
Scorer
Replier
The Screen
The Shortlist Only
YouOutside the loop
04The ArtifactsWhat the screen produces
The Ranked Shortlist01 / 02
From the bar: a template application is a no, whatever the CV says.
The Reply Log02 / 02
05What Stays Yours
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You
The bar. You decide what good looks like and what's a hard no. The screen just holds the line.
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You
The interview. Nobody joins without sitting across from you.
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You
The hire. That call doesn't get delegated.
06The Verdict FrameWhat a session would call this
In a session, this workflow gets one of three verdicts: automate it now, fix it manually first, or leave it alone.
This one's verdict is about volume. A pile you can't read in full is "automate it now." A bar that doesn't exist yet is "fix it manually first": you figure out what good looks like by hand before a machine goes looking for it. And if you hire rarely, the verdict is leave it alone. Reading every application yourself is cheap when there's barely a pile.
Sixty minutes. The spec for this, written live.
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