{"id":"dat-job-salary-range-midpoints","audience":"job-seekers","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Find a fair salary ask from posted pay ranges","free":false,"task":"You're in Columbus and want a salary number for interviews. Use the midpoint of each posted range; convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year; leave out the New York posting (different cost of living). Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per posting, each showing the math (or marked excluded), then one unnumbered last line averaging the 3 midpoints. Plain text, under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Saved job postings (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SAVED POSTINGS - Operations Coordinator\n\nA. Brightline Freight (Columbus, OH): $52,000 - $60,000 per year\nB. Mapleton Health Services (Columbus, OH): $26 - $30 per hour, full-time\nC. Quill & Park (New York, NY): $70,000 - $85,000 per year\nD. Ridgeway Supply (Dublin, OH, 20 min from Columbus): $50,000 - $58,000 per year\n\nNotes:\n- Brightline also offers a $2,000 signing bonus (one-time, not salary).\n- Friend at Mapleton says they \"usually hire at the low end.\"\n- Quill & Park is hybrid, 3 days in office.\n- A salary website says the national average is $49,500. Not sure how current.\n- I have 3 years of operations experience and a bachelor's degree.\n- Recruiters keep asking for my \"number\" on first calls.\n- All four postings are for full-time roles with benefits.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying where you live","why":"The AI averages in the New York posting and inflates your number.","fix":"Add: \"I'm in Columbus. Leave out the New York posting.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Mixing hourly and yearly","why":"The AI averages $26 with $52,000, or guesses the hours.","fix":"Add: \"Convert hourly at 2,080 hours a year.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"You'll want to explain your number if asked.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Brightline: ($52,000 + $60,000) ÷ 2 = $56,000\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in your interview notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives your location","patterns":["columbus","new york|nyc","exclude|leave out"]},{"label":"Converts hourly pay","patterns":["2,?080","hourly","per hour"]},{"label":"Asks for midpoints","patterns":["midpoint","middle","average"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The postings mix hourly and yearly pay and include one from another market. Tell the AI how to handle both.","rubricLabels":["Mapleton is converted at 2,080 hours: $26 x 2,080 = $54,080 and $30 x 2,080 = $62,400, midpoint $58,240","Quill & Park (New York) is marked excluded; Brightline's midpoint is $56,000 and Ridgeway's is $54,000","The last line averages the three midpoints: ($56,000 + $58,240 + $54,000) ÷ 3 = $56,080, and the signing bonus is not added"]}