Job Seekers, how many times have you read through job descriptions, scanning them for the TRUE "must-have" requirements -- only to find one buried at the very end of a several-paragraph list of nice-to-haves? How many "remote" positions have you read which reveal at some point that 50-70% travel is required? (Should that really be considered "remote" work just because you don't drive into an office? I mean, you're rarely going to be working from home either!)
HR Professionals, can we work together on standardizing your approach to posting job descriptions? When I wrote position descriptions, I reduced the fluff to a minimum, choosing to focus on what were truly requirements. I listed those things at the top to save the reader time and, honestly, quickly filter those who didn't fit. In one occasion, I actually wrote "if you don't fit these requirements, please don't apply".
I know you're dealing with many applications which don't fit the description. Why not help yourself and those job-seekers out there by clarifying what you're really looking for? And, yes, I know that oftentimes you are helping a hiring manager who perhaps doesn't know what they are truly looking for, so you're trying to cast a wide net in order to show that manager the range of candidate possibilities. Honestly, though, who is that helping?
Seekers and Recruiters, what are some of the best job-description structures you've seen, and what can we do to get the right people into the positions more easily?
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