Comments on: 4 job description ingredients candidates would love

By: How to Plan For the 3 Phases of Your Job Search | Dice Blog Network

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[...] we know our job. We don’t get the check mark against the job skills on the (all-too-long) job description and we don’t move on. Then we whine about people not understanding what we do — when we [...]

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[...] as a doctor and you don’t have a medical license, you won’t be in the running. If the job description has the 4,152 job skills in it, you have to show you can match up with most of them to stay in [...]

By: 3 Questions to Ask Before Accepting an Offer | Dice Blog Network

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[...] skills are foundational in getting the next job. Your skills need to get checked off against the job description from your resume or you’ll never get a shot at an initial phone interview. Not the right [...]

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[...] summary, business accomplishments noted, recommendations and skills listed that match up to the job description. And you have the face-to-face interview with the hiring manager! You get to the interview and the [...]

By: Why Most Job Postings are Useless | Career Management Alliance Blog

Why Most Job Postings are Useless | Career Management Alliance Blog — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:15:54 +0000

[...] to perform the role successfully. Scot Herrick of Cube Rules has a great post on this called Four Job Description Ingredients Candidates Would Love so please read it to gain some insight on the key elements of a solid job posting. With so many [...]

By: How to add goal attainment to your performance review - when you have no goals

How to add goal attainment to your performance review - when you have no goals — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:02:08 +0000

[...] your job description will match what you are doing on the job. That’s a big assumption, but you can often use the job description as a reference point to construct goals. Since you [...]

By: Scot

Scot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:58 +0000

@ Patrick — “when you apply for a garbage description, you feel like you’re applying for a garbage position.”

I think that is an under-reported result of poor job descriptions. The candidate, working to find a great job, wants to apply for something that excites the candidate about the work. But the candidate gives up trying to discern good from bad because most of the job descriptions are just bad.

So you apply, hoping for the best. But inspired? No. Have to see if the job would be inspiring once you get to an interview. The hiring company doesn’t narrow the funnel of applications by defining the job description well and then doesn’t get excited candidates wanting to do the work and wonder why.

Good perspective; thanks.

By: Scot

Scot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:00 +0000

@ Patrick — “when you apply for a garbage description, you feel like you’re applying for a garbage position.”

Good perspective; thanks.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:55:55 +0000

Excellent report. Job managers need to be more courteous and time invested in their application process. I have seen many job listings with two or three sentence descriptions of the job. Never have I seen anything that described a typical day. To put it plainly, when you apply for a garbage description you feel like you’re applying for a garbage position. Seeing such a minimal amount of effort the hiring manager put into the description also makes the applicant wary of how much effort their bosses will put into them should they be hired.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:55:00 +0000