How To Create Winning Job Posts: 6 Dos And Don'ts - With Samples!
Building your talent pool and attracting the best jobseekers start with advertising a well-written job ad. And creating one can take some skills and practice. Identifying the requirements and qualifications is one thing; making the ad persuasive even to passive candidates is another.
Ultimately, the best way to have winning job ads is knowing what you should put and what you should avoid when creating them.
It also makes a difference to have a job posting platform with the tools to make your ad stand out. Committed to adapting to your hiring needs, JobStreet provides a better job posting experience with easier and efficient to use job ad creation features. Explore the essential parts of a JobStreet Job Ad below.
Anatomy of A JobStreet Job Ad
The JobStreet Job Ad framework contains all the required job details and add-on components that can make your ad more informative and persuasive.
What Makes A Good Job Ad: Bad versus Good Examples
What does a job ad that does not address jobseeker needs look like? Click on this example for a job ad that needs improvement.
Here is an example of a job ad that follows best practices.
How Should You Create Your Job Ad?
An effective job ad should have the information jobseekers need to know to help them decide on their application. Fortunately, JobStreet has a new, modern, and clean interface with easy-to-follow instructions and descriptions to guide you in your Job Ad creation process.
To help you further, here are our tips on what you should do and shouldn’t do when writing your job ads.
Follow our guide and start creating the best job ads for your #JobsThatMatter. There are also different JobStreet Job Ad types you can choose from, so get to know the perfect solution for your needs. Start with the Lite Ad perhaps, a user-friendly, free ad program to kickstart your job posting journey.
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