Here is my list:
Pros
- which kind of technologies are used
- involvement in open source community
- description of a typical day of work
Cons - a low level description of the role - annual salary missing
Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
#2Sometimes in Dutch vacancies for freelance roles, I see the following remark with regards to hourly rate:
"scherp aanbieden" (=> "offer sharply"?)
Re: Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
#3I have applied to a bunch of positions and I can pretty much tell what posts are cookie cutter posts: a developer position opens up and the listed languages to be proficient are all the popular ones with vaugaries at best on the exact nature of the role.
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#4Spelling mistakes.
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#5Pro:
software stack
policy about open source software
Salary Range (allowed to be wide)
Con:
If you are trying to hide the company name, I dislike this but understand you are likely a recruiter working on commission.
In order to attract people who are passionate, you need to include the work domain. If you don't post the work domain, then you are wasting my time.
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#6"The applicant shall..." God, I hate that HR crap.
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#7What really turns me off is acronyms about internal systems nobody outside of the company offering the job knows about.
Additionally job descriptions full of filler text trying to make the job seem more important than it is. The usual blabber about team players and competitive compensation, etc.
Re: Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
#8Rock star. My boss writes job descriptions like this and it annoys the shit out of me.
Re: Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
#9Sometimes in Dutch vacancies for freelance roles, I see the following remark with regards to hourly rate: "scherp aanbieden" (=> "offer sharply"?) I see this reasonably often in mailings of recruitment agencies. I hate this and I wouldn't be very tempted to apply.
What does it mean?
Re: Ask HN: What do you expect or hate to see in a job offer decription?
#10Rock star. My boss writes job descriptions like this and it annoys the shit out of me.
Agreed, so patronizing.