How to Write a Job Posting That Doesn’t Terrify and Demoralize Candidates | GovExec.com

If there’s a guiding principle for hiring managers and companies, it’s that they need to remember that there’s a human being on the other side of the job board.

Rather than a dry description of expectations, describe what the actual daily work is like, what’s being done that’s interesting and challenging. The idea is to make the posting engaging, instead of adversarial.

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