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by DanAndersen 2644 days ago
If you list job requirements, make them actual requirements and don't try to upsell the talent you get by exaggerating the requirements.

Some applicants are naturally more haggle-friendly and intuitively "know" they should apply to jobs for which they don't technically have all the listed requirements. Other applicants are more self-doubtful and will not apply, even if given their experience they would be well-suited for the job. Minimize the amount of white-lying both the applicant and the company have to do.

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Another way to do this is to explicitly list must-haves and want-to-haves under separate headings.