WRITING A JOB ADVERTISEMENT

About The Skill: How do you get individuals to pay attention to your job opening? Get them interested in your organisation? Give them enough information so that those who are not qualified do not respond? The answer to these questions lies in the job advertisement. The more effective your advertisement, the more likely you will be to achieve the dual goal of recruiting.

1. Tell Enough About The Job: Your goal here is to provide enough information about the job so potenetial applicants can determine whether they are interested or qualified.

2.Give The Relevant Information About The Job: This includes providing a job title and a description of job duties. This information should be drawn directly from the job description.

3. List The Minimum Qualities a Successful Job Incument Need: This inclueds specific requirements a job incumbent is required to possess. This may reflect educational levels, prior experience, and specific competencies or skills. Again, much of theis information should be readily available from the job-specification component of the job description.

4. Be Specific About Unique Aspects of The Job: Disclose any pertinent information about the job that an applicant should know about. For example, if the job requires extensive travelling, state so. If experience on specific equipment, technology applications, and so forth, is required, this too, should be stated.
5. Check The Advertisement for Correctness: Make sure the advertisement is properly written, contains no grammatical or puctutation errors, and is to read. Whenever possible, avoid using jargon and abbreviations that may be confusing. Checking for correctness also means reviewing each word to ensure that no terms used may deemed inappropriate or potenetially create an adverse impact.