DoSomething.org doesn’t shy away from having fun with its job ads — after all, that’s an important part of workplace culture at the youth volunteerism nonprofit. “We exist primarily for teenagers, so ...
If you’re using terms like “make hay” and “peel the onion” in your job ads, stop. Just stop. Even words like “dynamic” and “self-starter” can trip a reader up. According to an analysis of 6.3 million ...
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“People of color just don’t apply.” “The problem is the pipeline.” “Well, it’s a small town, so of course it’s hard to recruit Black and Latinx staff—there’s nothing we can do about that.” If you’ve ...
HR departments everywhere, here’s a little secret: Women don’t respond well to job ads requesting “superstars” or “ninjas.” This is what hiring platform Unitive discovered in 2015 (Unitive is ...
While job ads that use gender-neutral language "overwhelmingly" perform best, only 38% of job ads use such language, according to a Jan. 27 report from Appcast. Ads that do not use male or ...
An Aldi job listing posted by Jobs for Humanity, which connects groups that are underrepresented in the workforce to employers, mentioned 12 categories of people it said would be prioritized. Three of ...
Job ads need an overhaul. They're often too lengthy, too demanding, and may prompt candidates to lean more on their networks to avoid a relentless application-rejection cycle. With an era of "revenge ...