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5 Mistakes Job Recruiters Are Making That Scare Applicants Away
Ditch the overstuffed wishlist postings and get real to attract viable candidates
Denise Shelton is the former Human Resources and Communications Manager of Earth Systems, Inc., currently headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.
You hear it every day in the media, in the office, from family and friends: “People just don’t want to work.” That may be true to a certain extent, but few can afford not to. So what’s up?
If you’re an HR manager or business owner looking at a daunting list of unfilled job openings, maybe you should ask yourself if the problem might be with you. Here are five things you might be doing wrong causing prospective employees to swipe left.
1- Your job posting reads like a Russian novel
Nobody’s in a bigger time crunch than someone in desperate need of a job. Social media has shrunken our attention spans considerably. Dense blocks of text, especially when viewed on a smartphone, are off-putting.
Less is more. Use bullet points, but not so many that it looks like a packing list for a month in Tibet. The example below shows how to skillfully shorten the list by combining more than…
