I need some advice.
I’m a talent coordinator at a private school system, and I had a bit of an embarrassing situation recently. I was writing a job description for a teaching role, and I listed different requirements like “experience with classroom tech tools”, “state teaching certification”, etc. At the time, all felt important. But we ended up getting a bunch of applicants who were great with tech… and completely unqualified to teach legally.
The problem is… I’m not actually sure how to prioritize. I’ve always just thrown everything in one list: must-haves, nice-to-haves, soft skills - all mixed together. And now I’m seeing how confusing that can be for candidates. And since we’ve started using Talantly, I’ve started to suspect that my approach is far from industry standard when it comes to prioritization.
So I’m curious: how do you decide what’s truly essential for a role versus what’s just a bonus? Do you sit down with hiring managers and sort it out? Do you go by what’s tripped you up in the past? Or is it more instinct?
It definitely stalled the hiring process more than I expected, so any advice would be hugely appreciated.