You have heard this one million occasions, however an excellent job description can make all the distinction in the case of attracting nice candidates. Of course, the sentence below falls into the “easier stated than done” category. I say four of the world’s most attention-grabbing job descriptions. Adapt any of these ways to your company’s voice and employer model and watch candidates’ reactions to your job posts change. Sometimes, what your job posting looks like could be more important than what it says.

Using eye-catching codecs shows that your company is modern and prepared to current information in easy to digest method – pretty vital if you are a information organization like NPR. The second example above is a tattoo parlor difficult candidates to test their precision drawing expertise. Now, granted that tattoo artists probably aren’t your typical goal demographic.

Still, this advert is a great example of utilizing a really participating and interactive format, to show off some tech-savviness by utilizing CQ codes. Smart way to show that your company is modern. Engineers are sometimes fairly tough demographic to recruit since there’s a lot demand, however the two examples below present how one can stand out from the pack by talking the candidate’s language. Both job postings scream, “We get you, we communicate your language, we like geeky” and reassure the candidates that the corporate posting the ad is a good cultural match.

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