# Get Recruitment

`GET /people/recruitments/{id}`

Group: People Management › Recruitments · Operation ID: `getRecruitment`

Returns the recruitment with the given identifier. Use the recruitment's id, not its recruitmentNumber.

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## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier for the recruitment to return. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getRecruitmentOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the recruitment. |
| `recruitmentNumber` | string | no | The system-generated recruitment number. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `name` | string | no | The name of the opening. |
| `category` | string | no | A free-text category of the opening, for example internal, external or student. |
| `status` | string, one of `"active"`, `"inactive"` | no | The status of the opening, derived from the deadline. 'inactive' once the deadline has passed, 'active' otherwise, including when no deadline is set. |
| `published` | boolean | no | Whether the opening is published externally. It is set by the external-publishing flow, not through this API. |
| `unsolicited` | boolean | no | Whether this is the catch-all opening that unsolicited applications are filed against. |
| `deadline` | string | no | The application deadline. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Absent when no deadline is set. |
| `vacancies` | number | no | The number of vacant positions the opening covers. |
| `departmentId` | string | no | The identifier of the department the opening belongs to. Absent when not set. See id on GET departments/:id. |
| `departmentName` | string | no | The name of the department. Absent when not set. |
| `positionId` | string | no | The identifier of the position being recruited for. Absent when not set. See id on GET positions/:id. |
| `positionName` | string | no | The name of the position. Absent when not set. |
| `teamId` | string | no | The identifier of the team. Absent when none is assigned. See id on GET people/teams/:id. |
| `teamName` | string | no | The name of the team. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `locationId` | string | no | The identifier of the work location. Absent when none is assigned. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `locationName` | string | no | The name of the work location. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `entityId` | string | no | The legal entity that will employ the hire. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `entityName` | string | no | The name of the legal entity that will employ the hire. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `employmentCategoryId` | string | no | The identifier of the employment category. Absent when none is assigned. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `hiringManagerId` | string | no | The identifier of the hiring manager. Absent when none is assigned. See id on GET people/:id. |
| `hiringManagerName` | string | no | The full name of the hiring manager. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `ownerId` | string | no | The identifier of the recruitment owner, the recruiter. Absent when none is assigned. See id on GET people/:id. |
| `ownerName` | string | no | The full name of the recruitment owner. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `jobDescription` | string | no | The job description, as plain text. |
| `viabilityCriteria` | string | no | The internal viability criteria used to screen applicants, as plain text. |
| `website` | string | no | The URL of the posting or the hiring team's page. |
| `relocationRequired` | string | no | Whether and how relocation is required. Free text, not a boolean. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the recruitment record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error