Various people have told me over the years that you have to write the job ad broader or else you will get nothing but applicants that satisfy all requirements.

Various people have told me over the years that you have to write the job ad broader or else you will get nothing but applicants that satisfy all requirements. By making it more vague about precisely what you want, you can then narrow it yourself afterwards based on the real job requirements. I don't think this is a good strategy personally, but I have been told this repeatedly.