Comments on: Job Descriptions Are The Experience

By: HRExaminer v2.43 | HR Examiner with John Sumser

HRExaminer v2.43 | HR Examiner with John Sumser — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:41:49 +0000

[...] of text spam I got made me mad. Where does mobile recruiting fit in all this? Read Now » Job Descriptions Are The Experience Scant attention is being paid to the root cause of resume overflow and bad candidate experience. [...]

By: Vinaykumar07

Vinaykumar07 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:51:00 +0000

Hi Chris

Recruiting is not a marketing function i’ts only a consultative needs analysis of both the job seeker and employer.

By: Cliches and Buzzwords in Your Job Descriptions « The Staffing Advisor

Cliches and Buzzwords in Your Job Descriptions « The Staffing Advisor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

[...] John Sumser agrees: “Understanding how to write the right job ad for a particular job board is the most [...]

By: Alasdair Murray

Alasdair Murray — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:13:00 +0000

That article could have been written by me. I’ve been banging on for years about the poor quality of online job content.
70% of my work as a copywriter is with recruitment consultancies and
advertising agencies crafting copy for the web. The clients I work with
recognise the importance of copywriting for every bit of material they
put out there on the internet. It’s not just a job ad, it’s a corporate
communique that will be read by potential clients too. One last thing,
the difference between a job ad and a job description – a job
description is an in-house tool compiled by an employer. A checklist of
responsibilities/duties and a person spec setting out skills and
experience require to do the job. A job post, on the other hand, should
be something that sells both the employer and the role to the reader. Sadly so many job ads online don’t do that. Many recruiters are missing a trick. I explain it better here http://www.alasdairdmurraycopywriter.co.uk

By: Alasdair Murray

Alasdair Murray — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:12:00 +0000

Whoops! Double post

By: Chris Russell

Chris Russell — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:08:00 +0000

99% of job descriptions suck because people dont know how to write. Every company should hire an in house copywriter to write these things in my humble opinion. Recruiting is a marketing function. Its designed to get leads in the form of candidates.

For those of you who are word challenged try using something like JobSpeek to write your descriptions. http://jobspeek.com/jobs/