Recruiting Advice From Katrina Kibben.

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    Job Postings

    You can use Google Docs to write your job posts and these features will help you operate more efficiently and create consistency.

    Years of experience requirements are ageist and mostly useless. But what if you are required to use them in your job post?

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    If we can both admit there’s no experience required for your internship, why are we requiring degrees in internship job postings?

    Emojis aren't exactly considered professional, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't use them at work. Or in our job posts.

    Convincing a hiring manager to ditch those degree requirements isn't always easy. Here's the conversation (and the why) behind making the decision to get rid of education requirements.

    Hiring managers shouldn't write job posts. If you as a recruiter don't know how to write a job post - how would they?

    How do you measure a good job post? What metrics really matter? Let's break down the analytics and impact of your posts.

    To ensure you're finding the right roles for you, be sure to search for multiple job titles so you can discover every opportunity for you.

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    Explaining job titles to candidates can't be the step you skip. If you don't, you might get a no at the offer letter stage.

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    In many states and cities, employers must share salary on job postings. Plus, there is language about pay transparency so we don’t keep paying the best negotiators more than our best employees.

    Entry level hiring is up 22% year over year, which means you need to learn how to write entry level job postings that attract this talent.

    Candidates, recruiters, HR - we all hate the buzzwords. Especially when they become code for something different altogether.

    Job posts can change the future of hiring but are often dismissed as an administrative task.

    If you want to get hired, you’ll need to be able to read between the lines of a job post (and learn how to find the right one) first.

    Don’t stress the About Us in your job post (and surely don’t use it to start your job post). Here’s why the About Us doesn’t matter as much in your job post.

    Never in my life did I expect to see a talent market where businesses are dying because they can't find people. I wonder why it happened.

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    Bias in job postings is evident beyond gendered language, because people have been using job postings to keep great people out for years.

    Most people let their recruiting emails suck. They claim they don’t have enough time, but it’s not that hard to optimize your emails.

    Candidates don’t want buzzwords. They want you to just tell the truth.

    Looking for a social media manager job posting sample? Happy to help. Here's a free gift on me.

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    The best of the worst job postings I've read with a special Halloween twist. This year, I searched costume keywords to find the scary job posts.

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    Job titles in tech aren't uniform from company to company or across industries. So how do you pick the right one?

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    Tired of never getting qualified applicants to your job postings? This advice can help.

    Don't forget job post writing training when you write a budget this year. Everyone on your team should be an expert job post writer.

    Does anyone read job postings anymore? Should I use video in job postings? Is that what candidates want? Let's discuss.