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10 Signs You’ve Outgrown SharePoint for Job Description Management

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Using SharePoint tricks you into thinking you’re managing your JDs well. After all, you get to upload, store, and organize your JDs into folders. But over time, you realize the tool isn’t working well for your job description management process. This is because SharePoint can’t handle a comprehensive job description process. So, in this article,… Read more »

Employer Branding for Niche B2B Companies

Employer Branding for Niche B2B Companies with Small, Specialized Teams

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You need someone who understands a highly specific market and can get up to speed quickly.  The problem? The people you want to hire may never have heard of your company. And even if they find your job post, “great culture” and “exciting work” won’t tell them much about the role. That’s why strategic employer… Read more »

Skills Gap Starts With Job Descriptions

The 2027 Skills Gap Starts With Job Descriptions: How to Make Roles Match the Work Ahead

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By 2027, a lot of roles will have drifted far enough from their postings that a keyword search built in 2019 turns up the wrong people, or nobody at all.  The repair starts further upstream than most teams look: in how roles get named, what the posting actually asks for, and whether anyone has mapped… Read more »

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Job Posting With Salary Range: 3 Examples + Tips

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Quick Summary A job posting with a salary range states the minimum and maximum pay for the role. It may also include other optional benefit details like bonus, commission or equity, where candidates can see it right away. Put the range near the top or in a clear “Compensation” section. Use specific figures instead of… Read more »

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Pay Transparency Laws by State (2026 Guide)

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Quick Summary Pay transparency laws by state: as of October 29, 2026, 15 states and Washington, D.C. have statewide job-posting pay disclosure requirements: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Washington. Nevada and Rhode Island require pay information later in the hiring process, and Delaware’s law starts on… Read more »

Choosing The Right Format For Hiring Documents

Choosing The Right Format For Hiring Documents

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Think about the last offer letter your team sent to a candidate. Was it a Word document, a PDF or a link to an e-signature portal? Did the candidate open it on a laptop or a phone? And did anyone check that it looked right on both? The format might seem like a small detail… Read more »

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 Pay Transparency Compliance for Job Descriptions

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Quick Summary Pay Transparency Expectations Are Rising Pay transparency compliance is no longer just a DEI initiative. For many U.S. employers, it’s now a legal requirement. As of July 2026, about 17 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C., have enacted pay transparency laws, though some laws are not yet fully effective and definitions vary by source,… Read more »

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Why Your Job Description Workflow Needs More Than Another Tool

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Your job descriptions are in SharePoint. Your approvals are in email. Your employee signatures are somewhere else entirely. Sound familiar? I hear versions of this problem in discovery calls all the time, and the fix usually involves more than buying another piece of software. Why Job Description Workflows Get So Complicated Recently, I spoke with… Read more »

How To Update Hundreds of Job Descriptions Without Losing Approved Content or Formatting

How To Update Hundreds of Job Descriptions Without Losing Approved Content or Formatting

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If you’ve ever tried to update hundreds of job descriptions at once, you know it can feel like swapping airplane parts mid-flight.  There’s volume. There are stakeholders. There’s that one paragraph Legal approved two years ago that can’t change by a single comma. And there’s formatting to preserve. Consistent content and formatting protect your brand…. Read more »

Job Description Management in 2027

Job Description Management in 2027: How To Automate Reviews and Approvals Across Thousands of Roles

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If you’ve tried to keep job descriptions up to date across dozens (or thousands) of roles, you know the drill: scattered files, version sprawl, a never‑ending Slack thread trying to nail down what “senior” really means.  Job descriptions used to be static. Now they’re living documents. Shifting alongside new skills, new tools, new trends, and… Read more »

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TA Talk: The Superhero Recruiter — What AI Can’t Fix in Talent Acquisition

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Recruiters have more technology than ever, yet candidates are still wondering if anyone has even seen their applications. If AI is supposed to make hiring easier, why does the process still feel so hard for the people going through it? That question came up when I sat down with Aaron Tittsworth, also known as the… Read more »

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TA Talk: AI in Recruiting: Are We Hiring Smarter or Just Moving Faster? (with Julia Levy)

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Recruiting has gone from faxed resumes and Rolodexes to AI tools that can do almost everything. We’re moving faster than ever, but are we actually hiring better? That’s one of the big questions I explored with Julia Levy in a recent episode of TA Talk, part of my podcast, The JD Fix. Julia has more… Read more »

Skills vs. Responsibilities: What a Modern Job Description Should Prioritize

Skills vs. Responsibilities: What a Modern Job Description Should Prioritize

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A job description needs to explain two things clearly: what the person will do and what skills they need to do it. When those two lists are disconnected, qualified candidates can be screened out, and the role becomes harder to understand. A modern job description should connect each required skill to the work it supports…. Read more »

How Job Description Data Can Reveal Gaps in Your Workforce Strategy

How Job Description Data Can Reveal Gaps in Your Workforce Strategy

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Job descriptions can reveal gaps between a company’s workforce strategy and its business strategy. If a company says AI is a priority, but few job descriptions mention AI skills, data governance, or related responsibilities, the hiring plan may not support that priority. Job descriptions record what an organization expects people to do and know. Together,… Read more »

The Scariest Things in Your JD That Are Chasing Talent Away (Halloween Edition)

The Scariest Things in Your JD That Are Chasing Talent Away (Halloween Edition)

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October is here; yes, it’s that spooky time of year again. Ghouls come out to play, there’s trick-or-treating, and we celebrate all things scary. Well, almost all things scary. Let’s just say JD mistakes shouldn’t be chasing away your top talent! With that, we’re shining a light on some of the scarier elements that you… Read more »