{"id":1334,"date":"2017-04-11T14:56:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2017-06-09T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:47:46","slug":"how-to-write-job-ads-candidates-cant-resist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/how-to-write-job-ads-candidates-cant-resist\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write Job Ads Candidates Can\u2019t Resist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employers! Here’s one quick question: are you posting the right job ads to engage the best candidates? The problem is, many companies are too overloaded\u00a0up with work that something as seemingly insignificant as a job ad can often find itself at the bottom of the priority list.<\/p>\n

This is no excuse for\u00a0slapping up an unattractive job post and call it a day. If you want your potential candidates to be the brightest in the field, use these tips to usher a number of talents fighting for a spot in your company.\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

Tip # 1: Appeal to your Candidates<\/h3>\n

A job ad is still an ad, and you must utilize a marketer’s approach to “sell” your product. Post relevant information about the job concisely, but with a call to action.<\/p>\n

Tip # 2 Be Creative<\/h3>\n

The contents of the job ad should jump off the page and grab\u00a0a candidate’s attention. Use job titles and relevant buzzwords that are likely to be searched on a web toolbar. Weed out the inappropriate\u00a0candidates effectively by adding challenging instructions like a specific subject on their email.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a>Tip # 3 Sell Your Company<\/h3>\n

Job ads are a great venue to put your company in the limelight. Write credentials and describe a fun working environment to entice candidates to be a part of your team.<\/p>\n

Treat job ads as you would a presentation of your product or service. Remember: candidates are your customers, and your addition to their team is your payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Employers! Here’s one quick question: are you posting the right job ads to engage the best candidates? The problem is, many companies are too overloaded\u00a0up with work that something as seemingly insignificant as a job ad can often find itself at the bottom of the priority list. This is no excuse for\u00a0slapping up an unattractive Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,286],"tags":[469,467,471,468],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment","category-job-search","tag-dream-employee","tag-employers","tag-featured","tag-writing-job-ads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}