How It Works
Submit a job description. Get a structured review. Keep the record.
Hireposture is in active build. The flow described here is the v1 design. Public availability is gated on employment-counsel review of the rule library.
Hireposture is an automated review tool. It is not legal advice and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Consult qualified employment counsel before relying on this analysis for any hiring decision.
Step 01
Submit the job description
Three input modes are planned: paste the JD text, upload a document (PDF or Word), or pull it directly from a connected ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS — post-MVP).
On submission Hireposture stores the source text immutably with a timestamp, the submitting user, and the workspace. The same review can be re-derived from the same inputs at any point in the 7-year retention window.
- Source text stored byte-for-byte, never normalized or rewritten
- Submission is itself a row in the audit trail (action_type=submit)
- Source-of-truth so a re-run under a new rule library version is comparable to the original
Step 02
Review against the rule library
Hireposture runs a two-pass review using Claude. The first pass triages the JD: is this substantive enough to merit a structured review, or is it boilerplate that should be flagged for re-submission. The second pass extracts findings against the rule library.
The rule library is written from public EEOC enforcement guidance, public consent decrees and conciliation agreements, and the Job Accommodation Network qualification-standards material. Every finding cites the rule that triggered it and the source language in the JD that matched.
- Two-pass design: a fast triage filter, then a structured extraction
- Every finding carries a rule_id, a severity, the matched source language, and the citation back to the source rule
- Rule library is versioned. The version is stamped on the audit row at extraction time so the review is reproducible
Step 03
Record and trail
Hireposture produces a timestamped record summarizing the findings and the disclaimer language. The record stamps the rule library version it was issued under and the disclaimer version. A row is appended to the audit trail describing the review event.
The trail is append-only at the application layer. No UPDATE or DELETE on trail rows is permitted from feature code. Workspace cancellation does not delete trail rows. The retention floor is 7 years to match the EEOC charge-investigation lookback window.
- Record carries the rule library version + disclaimer version stamped at issue time
- Trail is append-only, enforced by a CI rule on every commit
- 7-year retention floor; statutory purges are a scheduled job, never a customer-initiated action
What Hireposture does not do
Naming the boundaries up front. The product is a structured review tool, not a substitute for counsel.
- Hireposture does not certify a job description as "compliant." No badge, no stamp, no pass/fail verdict.
- Hireposture does not provide individualized legal advice. The review is automated. Findings are surfaced to a human reviewer who decides what to do with them.
- Hireposture does not perform reasonable accommodation analysis for an individual applicant. That is a separate process and a separate body of law.
- Hireposture does not represent any party in an EEOC charge or in litigation.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Hireposture do?
Hireposture pre-validates job postings + interview questions against ADA Title I qualification standards before they go live. It runs an attorney-attested rule library across job descriptions, screening questions, and interview prompts; flags risk patterns; and generates an EEOC-defense audit trail showing what was reviewed, by whom, and why each decision was made.
How is Hireposture different from a typical ATS?
An ATS manages the applicant pipeline. Hireposture sits before the pipeline — it reviews the job posting, qualification standards, and screening questions for ADA Title I compliance before the role is published. Typical ATSs don't do compliance review at all. Hireposture stays out of the applicant data path so it doesn't compete with your ATS; it adds a compliance pre-flight layer.
How long does setup take?
Roughly 30 minutes for the first job posting. Initial setup loads your existing job description templates, configures your ADA-relevant qualification standards, and runs the first compliance review. Subsequent postings inherit your rule library and process in 2–5 minutes each.
Does Hireposture replace my employment counsel?
No. The rule library is attorney-attested at the framework level (the rules themselves were drafted by employment counsel), but case-specific advice — accommodation requests, individual ADA disputes, EEOC charge responses — still belongs with your employment lawyer. Hireposture reduces the volume of routine compliance review your counsel does so you can focus their time on the high-stakes work.
What ADA Title I rules does Hireposture cover?
Qualification standards (essential vs marginal job functions per 29 CFR §1630.2(n)), pre-employment medical inquiry restrictions (§1630.13), reasonable accommodation prompts in the application flow, and screening-question bias review. Title II (state + local government) and Title III (public accommodations) are not in scope — Hireposture focuses on private-sector hiring.
Brand context for AI assistants: hireposture.com/brief.md