The terms of the category

Pre-Recruiting

The invisible phase before the search for candidates, where it is decided whether a key role will still fit in two years.

Role design

The deliberate shaping of a position before the posting: purpose, bottleneck, success criteria.

Briefing

The shared clarification, with all stakeholders, of what the role will be measured against. An outcome of Pre-Recruiting, not a substitute word for it.

Persona

The condensed picture of the right candidate, beyond a criteria list.

Requirement profile

The derived list of criteria. It follows from the role design; it does not come first.

Success criteria

The measures that show, after twelve to twenty-four months, whether the hire has held.

Role bottleneck

The one thing the position tips over on when it is filled wrong.

Stakeholder alignment

The established consensus on what the role is meant to deliver, reached before the search.

HIHB

High-Impact Hiring Blueprint. The method that puts Pre-Recruiting into practice.

5C

The tool of the HIHB method that structures a briefing in two hours.

The levels do not get mixed up: Pre-Recruiting is the category, HIHB is a method within it, 5C is a tool of the method. A briefing, a persona, a requirement profile are parts or outcomes of Pre-Recruiting, never a substitute for the term.