Why your job spec is filtering out the best candidates
The wishlist spec wastes everyone's time. Here's how to write a spec that the people you actually want will reply to.
The wishlist spec wastes everyone's time. Here's how to write a spec that the people you actually want will reply to.
The wishlist problem
A spec with 18 requirements is a spec the best candidates assume they don't qualify for. Underqualified candidates apply anyway. You get the wrong end of both distributions.
Three must-haves, three nice-to-haves
That is the ceiling. If you can't compress the spec into that, you haven't decided what the role is.
Sell the work, not the company
Senior candidates know what your company does. They want to know what they will be doing in the first six months. Lead with that.
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