8/2/2023 0 Comments Linked in job ads![]() Recruiter: “You’ll be working on some exciting projects…” Recruiter: “My client is one of the biggest/best/most well-known…” Potential Candidate: “So what? How’s that going to make the job more rewarding?” Potential Candidate: “Competitive to who?” Potential Candidate: “Why aren’t you telling me what that next level is?” ![]() Recruiter: “Take your career to the next level!” Potential Candidate: “Why are you telling me what you’re getting out of this? How about telling me what I might get out of this?” Recruiter: “I’ve already placed 4 other people with this client this year.” Potential Candidate: “Why do you think I’d care what you want? You’re a recruiter, so I already know what you want.” Recruiter: “I wanted to reach out to you to tell you…” ![]() ![]() Potential Candidate: “Why would I care whether you think I’m a good fit for a job that I don’t even know if I’m interested in yet?” ![]() Recruiter: “I have a role that you’d be a great fit for.” Please note that I’m calling them readers. If we can agree that the best candidates are statistically most likely to be people who aren’t desperate for another job – if only because their criteria for changing employers is mostly going to be whether the new job is going to improve their situation in some way – then it’s probably worth trying to put yourself in their shoes when working out how you’re going to attract them.īelow are a few examples of lines you typically see in job content that’s trying to attract its readers to a job, along with the probable reactions from those readers. If you’ve ever looked at job ads or received any messages from recruiters, you might struggle to agree with them – if only because most of those ads, private messages and emails all look and sound the same. Ask any agency recruiter and they’ll probably tell you that they believe they’re better at finding the best candidates than most hiring companies – regardless of whether those hiring companies have their own internal recruitment function. ![]()
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