Top Five Tips for Writing Effective Job Postings

December 22, 2009

The ultimate goal of online job postings is to attract qualified candidates and increase the pool of applicants for the open position. The level of detail that you include in the job posting is the key to getting the quantity and quality of response you need.

To recap, here are our Top Five Tips for Writing Effective Job Postings:

1)  Judge a book by its cover: Use the most descriptive job title possible.

2)  Don’t go incognito: Include the name of the hiring company.

3)  More is more: When describing the open position, be specific.

4)  “Show me the money”: Include a salary range in the job posting.

5)  Details, details, details: Be sure to mention company benefits.

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Mylene Duffy is the founder of the Bilingual Job Fair. She has hired many professionals over the course of her career, and is an advocate for bilingual employment. Mylene did not speak English when she came to live in the States in the early 80’s. She took an intensive English course and enrolled at Syracuse University, where she graduated with a degree in communications. She is now proud to be fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

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