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What does your absurdly wide salary range in your job ad say about you?
đYouâre either too lazy or too cheap to post 2 jobs ads.
Iâd like to start this rant by giving a shout out to every company who is open to hiring talent at multiple levels.
Itâs great. Flexing the scope and/or training people up will broaden the talent pool.
And not obsessing over checkboxes lets you focus on more important things. Like EQ, resourcefulness and grit.
But. BUT.
đThe person youâd hire at 80k and the person youâd hire at 150k are doing different jobs.Â
Recruiters who post massive ranges are afraid of one of two things:
1. âPeople arenât going to apply if theyâre outside our range, but weâd still hire them.â
Salary range aside: why do you think junior and senior people would apply to the same job?
Youâre asking WAY too much of a job ad if youâre hoping it would appeal to two different candidate profiles.
Itâs not just the range. Itâs the content of the ad itself. You have to write it differently.
đIf you have 2-3 different levels of people youâd hire, write 2-3 different ads. That accurately reflect the differences.
The goal of ads is to get people interested enough to apply. Not to do the vetting. Thatâs your job.
2. âIf we give people a tight range theyâll all apply to higher ranges and make my job harder.â
Yes. So?
If applying to a higher paying job makes people unreasonableâŠIâm questioning your ability to reason with them.
Money conversations are always hard. But thatâs the job.
Want more people to apply? And take you seriously?
đTighter ranges. And post multiple ads (accurately tailored) if applicable.
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