Comments on: Job Description Marketing

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:52:13 +0000

I admire the enthusiasm for using a JD as a mechanism to gain extra valuable employees, but it’s not in the top five things you should REALLY be doing if you’re serious about getting top talent. It goes the same for candidates, you shouldn’t be judging jobs on a JD. There is a much better criteria you can use.

By: Ben Young

Ben Young — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:02:28 +0000

It kind of struck a chord to me that they are all plain, boring, 3-4 page document.

Why not a powerpoint? a video? or a podcast? or if it has to be written, why not limit to 1 page and bullet points.

Some may complain about ROI, well what’s the ROI of a star employee vs a standard one?

@Robbie @ Sam @Nathaniel It really highlights that it is a marketing & communications issue.

@Steven This is true, but it’s a mechanism to gain extra valuable employees.

By: Nathaniel Flick

Nathaniel Flick — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:11:16 +0000

The problem with most jobs is you probably wouldn’t want it if you saw how it really was! However, I agree that job descriptions are very unimaginative. How do they expect they’ll hire someone interesting that way?

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:42:52 +0000

its even worse when you read the job description and think WOW thats sound awesome, get in and it is nothing like they said it would be!

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:49:55 +0000

That’s because job descriptions are unimportant to good employees and employers. Good employees write their own and good employers let them.

By: Robbie Mackay

Robbie Mackay — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:34:26 +0000

I’ve been put off quite a few times… I’ll often see a job ad and think ‘hey that could be a cool company to work for’, then I read the description and I’m feeling bored before I even finish!