> Candidates profiles rarely exactly match the job description. You might decide to take a risk on a promising junior candidates or decide for a more experienced candidates that you had in mind at first.
Post multiple jobs then. Post a senior job with a reasonable range, a mid-level job with a reasonable range, etc. Then just don't fill them if you don't need to.
> Often, you end up also end up adapting the role the new hires to their qualifications which might differ from the original posting requirements.
This is extremely rare in practice.
Small/medium companies can't do it because they usually need a specific skill set right now. It might even be their first hire of someone with that skill set.
Large companies usually don't do it because they have adopted more rigid management and HR practices that make it difficult.
Regardless, posting a (let's say) $30k range is not going to bite you if you have to slightly modify a role for someone.
Post multiple jobs then. Post a senior job with a reasonable range, a mid-level job with a reasonable range, etc. Then just don't fill them if you don't need to.
> Often, you end up also end up adapting the role the new hires to their qualifications which might differ from the original posting requirements.
This is extremely rare in practice.
Small/medium companies can't do it because they usually need a specific skill set right now. It might even be their first hire of someone with that skill set.
Large companies usually don't do it because they have adopted more rigid management and HR practices that make it difficult.
Regardless, posting a (let's say) $30k range is not going to bite you if you have to slightly modify a role for someone.