RecruitLingo

A hiring manager wants to require {{the requirement}} for a {{Job Title}} role at {{level}} paying {{range}}. I think it shrinks the pool for less than it's worth. WHY THEY WANT IT: {{their stated reason, or my best guess}} WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE MARKET: {{search counts, response rates, who's actually applying — or "nothing yet"}} OUR RELATIONSHIP: {{new to me / we work well together / they've overruled me before}} HOW URGENT THE HIRE IS: {{...}} Give me: 1. A message under 150 words that opens with what they're trying to protect, not with my disagreement. 2. The trade-off in one concrete sentence — pool size, weeks, or comp — with a number in it if I gave you enough to use one. 3. One alternative that gets at the same underlying worry: a different signal to screen for, a work sample, or moving it to nice-to-have with a probe in the loop. 4. The concession I should offer, so this reads as a negotiation rather than a lecture. 5. What to say if they hold the line, and the point at which I should stop arguing and run the search their way with the cost written down. Don't call the requirement unrealistic without saying what it costs and what replaces it.