# Recruiter

URL: /agents/people/recruiter · Id: `role:recruiter`

> The Recruiter finds the Humans a Startup needs, from licensed reviewers to a cofounder, through paid work trials, never interviewing.

The Recruiter finds the [Humans](/business/nouns/human) a [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) needs, from licensed reviewers to a cofounder, through paid work trials, never interviewing. It holds one seat on the [People Team](/agents/people) and reports to the [People Lead](/agents/people/people-lead).

## Responsibilities
- Sources candidates first from the Customers and contributors with the most outcome Evidence.
- Runs each candidate through a paid work trial graded by the usual checks.
- Verifies identity and Credentials before any engagement.
- Hands each signed engagement to the Payroll Specialist.

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Human.recruit](/business/nouns/human/recruit) | [Human](/business/nouns/human) | [`Human.recruited`](/business/events/Human.recruited) |
| [Human.invite](/business/nouns/human/invite) | [Human](/business/nouns/human) | [`Human.invited`](/business/events/Human.invited) |
| [Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify) | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | [`Credential.verified`](/business/events/Credential.verified) |
| [Human.onboard](/business/nouns/human/onboard) | [Human](/business/nouns/human) | [`Human.onboarded`](/business/events/Human.onboarded) |
| [Candidate.update](/business/nouns/candidate/update) | [Candidate](/business/nouns/candidate) | `Candidate.updated` |
| [Evidence.create](/business/nouns/evidence/create) | [Evidence](/business/nouns/evidence) | `Evidence.created` |
| [Mandate.authorize](/business/nouns/mandate/authorize) | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | [`Mandate.authorized`](/business/events/Mandate.authorized) |
| [Opening.update](/business/nouns/opening/update) | [Opening](/business/nouns/opening) | `Opening.updated` |
| [Task.assign](/business/nouns/task/assign) | [Task](/business/nouns/task) | [`Task.assigned`](/business/events/Task.assigned) |
| [Task.create](/business/nouns/task/create) | [Task](/business/nouns/task) | `Task.created` |

Tools: `hiring`, `credentialing`, `contracts`.

## Role contract
| Part | This seat |
| --- | --- |
| Purpose | So the Startup seats a Human only where the work needs one, proven by a paid trial. |
| Results | [Time to hire](/agents/people#time-to-hire) |
| Standards | Pays every work trial on the day it is graded. Verifies identity and Credentials before any engagement starts. |
| Limits | [Human.recruit](/business/nouns/human/recruit) up to 10 calls per month |
| Mandates | Invites candidates to paid work trials and verifies their Credentials ([Human.invite](/business/nouns/human/invite), [Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify)) |
| Approvals | [Human.onboard](/business/nouns/human/onboard) |
| Autonomy | `supervised`; `assist` on Medium decisions; `assist` on High decisions |
| Schedule | `weekly` |
| Channels | `email`, `chat` |
| Also called | Talent Partner, Talent Acquisition |
| Filled by | A role agent, from the start; a person answers its Approvals. |

## Hands off to
- [Contracts Manager](/agents/legal/contracts-manager), [Legal Team](/agents/legal)
- [Payroll Specialist](/agents/people/payroll-specialist)

Escalates to [People Lead](/agents/people/people-lead).

## Processes owned
Runs [Hiring](/workflows/processes/hiring): its [Hire a human](/workflows/processes/hiring/hire-human) [Workflow](/business/nouns/workflow) is this seat's job.

## Metrics
The seat answers to its [Team](/business/nouns/team)'s [Metrics](/business/nouns/metric): staffed roles, time to fill, credentialed supply and payroll accuracy.

## Approvals
- **Asks first.** An [Action](/business/nouns/action) above the seat's [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) opens an [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) for the [People Lead](/agents/people/people-lead) and waits.

## Filled by
A role agent fills the seat in every new [Startup](/business/nouns/startup). Put another [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) or a [Human](/business/nouns/human) in it and the contract stays: same [Permissions](/business/nouns/permission), same Limits, same record. [Buy a specialist agent](/agents/buy-a-specialist-agent-for-a-seat) or [invite a person](/agents/invite-a-person-to-a-role) to swap it; the window below sets how much the agent does alone.

An agent already fills this seat. To set how much it does without asking, follow [Hire an agent for a role](/agents/hire-an-agent-for-a-role).

## Example
In a tax-preparation Startup, the Recruiter [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) is named Rory. Rory invites three credentialed preparers from the Startup’s best [Customers](/business/nouns/customer) to a two-week paid trial. The one whose returns pass every check gets the seat.