ATTENTION TECH RECRUITERS!

Are you a recruiter, search firm, or work in a technology company's HR department?

Are you planning on hiring any technology professionals in the near future?

Well, I came across a great article on a recruiting blog detailing how to post a "compelling" job ad to attract the right candidates to fill your opening. The article is actually pretty straight-forward and gives 7 key points to follow. Working for a retained search firm and having been posting jobs for a while now, I can agree with every one of those points in their effectiveness. Just as a hiring manager takes a limited amount of time to look at each applicant's resume (usually 30 seconds), a job seeker has an equally short attention span whilst looking through job ads. You can read the article here.

Here's an excerpt:

4. Keep ‘requirements’ brief…only listing the most important qualifications. Also, remember your audience…if you are hiring a Sales Manager with 12+ years’ industry experience, it’s safe to assume that they have computer skills….no need to list that in the ad.