The Silent Killer in Hiring: Role Creep

The silent killer in hiring? Role creep. BCG calls it requirement inflation.

Harvard calls it scope creep. Recruiters? We call it a nightmare.

The longer a role stays open, the less realistic it becomes. More stakeholders jump

in. More 'must-haves' pile up. More contradictions appear. By week four,

you’re not hiring for one role — you’re hiring for four, disguised as one.

Roles open for six or more weeks often see a forty-percent increase in added requirements.

That’s not strategy. That’s chaos. At Prime Talent Solutions, we follow one

rule: freeze the criteria at kickoff — and only revisit if the business itself