I've heard variations of the theme from others, and it makes total sense to me. It is a dead simple to implement: just rank the requests in descending order of

I've heard variations of the theme from others, and it makes total sense to me. It is a dead simple to implement: just rank the requests in descending order of salary, and take the top N. Boom. Done. Of course, if a company then reduces the salary later, or does some shenanigans, nail them under the "intent to defraud the government" laws. Some people are suggesting tweaks: make an exception for startups .... take the geo location into account ... etc. etc. That makes this more complicated, and adds more avenues for cheating. Keep it dead simple, and problem solved.