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Are job postings and job descriptions different?

Group W Partners

As someone with experience as a payments executive and currently as a fintech recruiter, I can affirm that job postings and job descriptions have distinct purposes. A job posting acts as an advertisement, highlighting the benefits of the company and the role to entice the reader.

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9 Best Diversity Tools for Job Descriptions in 2024

Ongig

Here are 9 of the best diversity tools to write more inclusive job descriptions to attract a more diverse team. When you’re writing job descriptions, best practices to make them diverse include replacing gender-coded words and other types of bias (e.g., for job descriptions since 2011. We sure are!

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How is Pay Transparency Transforming Job Descriptions?

Recruiting Daily

These concerns stem from inexperience with money talk and the fear of facing the hard truth – they might have an unfair compensation structure. With the impending implementation of pay transparency laws, organizations are forced to reconsider their stance toward the concept. Are some groups disproportionately affected by the salary gap?

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5 Ways to Level Up Your Job Descriptions

Rally Recruitment Marketing

This shift is maybe most noticeable in the way that company career pages, and the job descriptions that are housed on those pages, have evolved. Gone are the days where an effective job description consisted of a paragraph or two describing the company, followed by a laundry list of role requirements.

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What is Job Description Benchmarking?

Ongig

Job description benchmarking is similar to salary benchmarking, where you study how other companies list their compensation packages. Instead, you’ll study their job descriptions and internal details to ensure you aren’t missing key components to complete tasks successfully. So, where do you start?

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Could Your Job Descriptions Be to Blame? 6 Tips to Spice Them Up

ApplicantStack

There are few things more frustrating than a tepid response to a newly-posted job description. The time that goes into identifying a need, writing the description, and posting is an investment in the future, and you need quality results. Could it be that a lackluster job description is to blame for an inadequate candidate pool?

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Employee compensation – what you need to know and why

Workable

Fostering a positive environment that supports team members as people instead of human capital is important, and in many instances, those initiatives are actually part of a compensation strategy, but a generous compensation package is a surefire way to catch the attention of quality candidates and establish loyalty with high-performing employees.