# Retrieve a position

Operation ID: `getPosition`

Group: People Management › Positions

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`GET /people/positions/{id}`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Retrieves a position. Use the position's id, not its positionNumber.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · 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 of the position you want to retrieve. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getPositionOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the position. |
| `positionNumber` | string | no | The system-generated position number, for example 'POS-100010'. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `name` | string | yes | The display name of the position. |
| `description` | string | no | A free-form description of the position's responsibilities. Absent when none is set. |
| `desiredHeadcount` | number | no | The target number of people to fill this position. |
| `employeeCount` | number | no | The number of employees currently in this position. |
| `expectedSalary` | number | no | The expected annual salary for this position, in the entity's currency. |
| `overtimeStatus` | string | no | The overtime eligibility of the position. Possible values: 'EXEMPT', 'NON_EXEMPT'. |
| `status` | string | no | The fill status of the position. Possible values: 'unfilled', 'partiallyFilled', 'filled', 'overfilled', 'inactive'. |
| `timelineStatus` | string | no | The timeline status of the position. Possible values: 'planned', 'inactive', 'active', 'canceled'. |
| `startDate` | string | no | The date the position becomes active. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `endDate` | string | no | The date the position becomes inactive. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Absent for an open-ended position. |
| `hiringManagerId` | string | no | The identifier of the hiring manager. Absent when none is assigned. See id on GET people/person/:id. |
| `hiringManagerName` | string | no | The full name of the hiring manager. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `jobProfileId` | string | no | The identifier of the associated job profile. Absent when none is assigned. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `jobProfileName` | string | no | The name of the associated job profile. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `regionId` | string | no | The identifier of the region the position is based in. Absent when none is assigned. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `regionName` | string | no | The name of the region the position is based in. Absent when none is assigned. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time | yes | The date and time the position record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "positionNumber": "<positionNumber>",
    "name": "<name>",
    "description": "<description>",
    "desiredHeadcount": 0,
    "employeeCount": 0,
    "expectedSalary": 0,
    "overtimeStatus": "<overtimeStatus>",
    "status": "<status>",
    "timelineStatus": "<timelineStatus>",
    "startDate": "<startDate>",
    "endDate": "<endDate>",
    "hiringManagerId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "hiringManagerName": "<hiringManagerName>",
    "jobProfileId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "jobProfileName": "<jobProfileName>",
    "regionId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "regionName": "<regionName>",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
  },
  "diagnostics": [
    {
      "code": "<code>",
      "message": "<message>",
      "severity": "error",
      "path": [
        "<path>"
      ],
      "details": "<details>"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

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

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error