[fred_is_fred]

Thanks for that. I have seen internal hire before or even "we know who we want but legal makes us post it for 7 days".

The comp technique you mentioned though seems like a lot of work for price discovery, surely there are data sets out there?

[johnnyanmac]

It's probably not the most efficient means, no. Probably one of the cheapest methods, though. It's definitely not something you can get away with in a good job market.