Client shortlist packs
Deliver a ranked shortlist with a written brief per finalist in one run.
— Talent & Leadership
Shortlist + per-candidate briefs
Ranks a candidate pool against a role, takes the top finalists, and produces one tight brief per finalist in a composed pack.
- Talent & Leadership
- Traceable reasoning
- Runs anywhere
1–2 days → ~15 minutes
For one complete, review-ready pass
No coding required
- Input
- The candidate pool
- Output
- A ranked shortlist with evidence-based ordering
- Runs in
- Skillsize · ChatGPT · Claude · Copilot
- Export
- SKILL.md · MCP
- Time saved
- ~1–2 days per run
— USE CASES
What people use Shortlist + per-candidate briefs for
Hiring panel preparation
Give the panel five focused briefs rather than five CVs.
Search delivery
Standardise how every shortlist is presented across the team.
What it works from
- The candidate pool
- The role definition and criteria
- How many finalists you want
What you get back
- A ranked shortlist with evidence-based ordering
- One tight brief per finalist
- A composed pack ready to send
— HOW IT BEHAVES
How Shortlist + per-candidate briefs produces its result
The mechanics behind this specific template — what it reads, what it calculates, and where a human stays in the loop.
Capability read from the evidence
Skills and requirements are read out of CVs, applications and interview notes as structured data rather than inferred from job titles.
Composed as work product
Findings on the candidate pool are written up as a document that reads like professional output, with each claim tied back to a candidate.
Like-for-like comparison of candidates
Candidates are compared on the same dimensions, which makes differences meaningful rather than impressionistic.
Grounded in your own CVs, applications and interview notes
The run works from CVs, applications and interview notes you supply, so conclusions about the candidate pool are anchored to your evidence rather than general model knowledge.
Why this is expensive by hand
In talent & leadership work, shortlist + per-candidate briefs is one of those tasks that looks straightforward until you are three documents deep and the details stop agreeing with each other. Client shortlist packs is the typical trigger — deliver a ranked shortlist with a written brief per finalist in one run. Done properly it is defensible; done at pace it becomes a judgement call nobody can retrace. And "properly" usually means 1–2 days of manual work.
How this Skill produces it
As a Skill, the work is already sequenced. You bring the evidence, and the run produces a ranked shortlist with evidence-based ordering plus one tight brief per finalist. The judgement is built in — how items are broken up, what standard they are held to, and where the run stops for a human review. In effect, 1–2 days of senior time compresses into ~15 minutes — and the output is comparable across clients, quarters and colleagues instead of shaped by whoever ran it.
Who it's for
- CHROs and talent management leads
- Succession and leadership development teams
- Executive assessors and coaches
- Consultants running talent reviews
Run it in Skillsize — or export it anywhere
Shortlist + per-candidate briefs exports as a structured SKILL.md file and is MCP-ready, so the same method runs in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or your own AI products. Adapt it to your methodology, and the intelligence stays yours — not locked to one vendor.
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