Michael GirdleyGirdley Enterprises, Girdley Enterprises, Inc. · Business builder and investor

The #1 Trick When Crafting a Job Description

Name: The #1 Trick When Crafting a Job Description
Uploaded: 2024-03-22T13:51:21+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Michael Girdley
Description: In this segment, the speaker critiques the common practice of writing overly long, multi‑page job descriptions and advocates for a concise, one‑page…

22 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker critiques the common practice of writing overly long, multi‑page job descriptions and advocates for a concise, one‑page format. He explains that length does not equify to quality; instead, the goal is to convey all core messages in the shortest possible text without omitting essential information. The speaker highlights a unique approach his team uses: systematically reducing word count to produce a streamlined, effective job posting.

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I see job description after job description that does something horrible. They're like 4 pages long. Your job description is not meant to be a book. You don't have to put the whole thing in there. And actually what we do that I think is super unique is we go through and actually try to reduce the words in our job descriptions. Like I fought to make this a 1-page job description. The real error that everybody makes is thinking that just because a book is longer or a job posting is longer or an essay is longer, it's better. Actually, the best essays and stuff are as short as possible, but no shorter. You want to get all of your core messages in there.