[Falkon1313]

But it is competitive. It's a competition to pay the least amount possible for the best employee possible. Hopefully a competition against other potential employers, not against the employee, but it's really a bit of both since salaries are a negotiated thing.

I think the post makes some good points. Fluff and buzzword skill lists are useful for entry-level positions, so that a potential candidate who wants to get into a new career and knows little about it has at least some idea of what to look up. But for higher-level positions, the things that candidates want to know about the company and the things that the company wants to know about the candidate, are a bit different, and they both know more about the industry/career path. So fluff and buzzword skill lists are as ineffective in a job description as in a resume.