I wonder if it’s just the field I’m in, but this doesn’t match what I’ve seen as a software engineer. Companies frequently retroactively create opening if someone good enough applies (I’ve seen this happen at every company I’ve worked at, and it’s the official policy at my current company).
I also don’t think the people in charge of hiring care that much about salary (they don’t want to pay more than they need to, but realistically, how good someone is and how long they’ll stay at a company matter a lot more). Part of it is that the pool of qualified applicants is much smaller than most people think so the situation of deciding between two (good enough) candidates for one opening is rare (it has never happened to me).
I wonder if it’s just the field I’m in, but this doesn’t match what I’ve seen as a software engineer. Companies frequently retroactively create opening if someone good enough applies (I’ve seen this happen at every company I’ve worked at, and it’s the official policy at my current company).
I also don’t think the people in charge of hiring care that much about salary (they don’t want to pay more than they need to, but realistically, how good someone is and how long they’ll stay at a company matter a lot more). Part of it is that the pool of qualified applicants is much smaller than most people think so the situation of deciding between two (good enough) candidates for one opening is rare (it has never happened to me).