Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
OK, so maybe a recruiter gets out a really good job posting. They may have written it themselves, had someone else do it, had a team effort, whatever. Either way it stands out from the bland, bullet-pointed nightmare of most job postings.
Then it doesn’t work.
See, here’s a terrible irony, a job posting that is well-written, clear, concise, perfect can still fail colossally – and you may not know why.
Let’s put this simply – most job postings are horribly written, boring, inaccurate, and usually are near-meaningless laundry lists of stats and years of experience. Those that aren’t too long are usually stupidly short. The end result is:
In short, job postings are lousy and they don’t get the right people.
Who’s to blame? Actually, there’s really no one to blame for this – it’s another case of the system breaking down.
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Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach for professional and potentially professional geeks, fans, and otaku. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.