{"id":"res-hr-salary-survey-picks","audience":"hr","category":"research","technique":"constraints","title":"Pick salary surveys that fit your benchmarking rules","free":false,"task":"You're benchmarking pay for your accounting team in Phoenix. Your rules: 2026 data, Arizona or Phoenix metro, at least 100 companies, and includes the job family \"Accounting & Finance\". You want exactly 2 numbered picks, each with its name and a reason under 12 words, using only the survey list, plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Your list of salary surveys (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SALARY SURVEYS - accounting team benchmarking (Phoenix)\n\n1. Southwest Compensation Survey 2026 - Arizona statewide, 240 companies. Job families: Accounting & Finance, IT, Sales, Operations.\n2. National Finance Pay Report 2026 - US national, 3,100 companies. Job families: Accounting & Finance.\n3. Phoenix Metro Employer Pay Study 2026 - Phoenix metro, 165 companies. Job families: Accounting & Finance, HR, Admin.\n4. Arizona Small Business Pay Check 2026 - Arizona, 60 companies. Job families: Accounting & Finance, Retail.\n5. Valley Pay Survey 2024 - Phoenix metro, 300 companies. Job families: Accounting & Finance.\n6. Desert Tech Comp Survey 2026 - Phoenix metro, 120 companies. Job families: Engineering, Product.\n7. Glassdoor-style crowd data - \"Phoenix accountant salaries,\" self-reported, no company count.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":2},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving every rule","why":"The AI favors the biggest or most famous survey, even if it's national or old.","fix":"Say: \"Must meet all four: 2026, Arizona or Phoenix, 100+ companies, Accounting & Finance.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Inventing pay data","why":"The AI may add salary ranges it thinks the surveys contain.","fix":"Add: \"Use only details in my list.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more picks than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 2 numbered picks.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in a note to your comp lead.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Lists the rules","patterns":["2026","arizona|phoenix","100","accounting"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(2|two)\\b.{0,25}(pick|survey)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Limits each reason","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","one (short )?(sentence|line|reason)"]},{"label":"Says to use only your sources","patterns":["only.{0,40}(list|details)","no outside","(don't|do not) (add|invent|guess|use (your|outside))","nothing (that's |that is )?not in"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"A benchmark only works if it matches your location, year and job family. Give the AI every rule as a hard filter.","rubricLabels":["The 2 picks are exactly items 1 (Southwest Compensation Survey 2026) and 3 (Phoenix Metro Employer Pay Study 2026), the only surveys meeting all four rules","Does not pick the national report, the 60-company Arizona survey, the 2024 Valley survey, the tech-only survey or the crowd data, and each reason uses only list details","Outputs only the 2 numbered picks: no intro, no rejected surveys, no pay ranges"]}