How to Write Job Ads People Actually Want to Read Let’s be real—most job postings are a snoozefest. They start with corporate fluff, use confusing titles, and forget one major thing: you’re writing for humans. People who are busy, burnt out, and scanning fast. That’s why we need to flip the script and go candidate-first…. Read more »
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8 Signs It’s Time To Get a Job Description Platform
A good job description management process smooths out your entire recruitment process. But if your job descriptions are just “surface” level, take many months to create, and aren’t standardized, you’ll have a complicated hiring journey. The good news is, this is where a job description platform comes in. Job description tools make writing, editing, modifying,… Read more »
Best Job Description Review Tool: From AI Analysis to Templates
Crafting clear and compelling job descriptions is more than a routine task. It’s a strategic move that significantly impacts your recruitment outcomes. That’s why you should consider a job description review tool. Studies show that over 50% of job seekers consider the quality of a job description highly influential in their decision to apply. And,… Read more »
Common HR Time Wasters and Ways to Get Back on Track in 2025
In today’s fast-paced work environment, HR professionals face countless demands on their valuable time. From managing the hiring process to ensuring employee productivity, balancing priorities can feel like a juggling act. However, identifying and addressing the biggest HR time wasters is the first step to reclaiming precious time for important tasks. So, let’s explore the… Read more »
12 Best Tools for Recruiting Analytics in 2024
As company leaders look to improve hiring processes, many have invested in recruiting analytics tools. These products can streamline steps, offer new insights and increase the chances of finding the right people for specific roles. Focusing on the top options is an excellent way to feel confident about the chosen platforms and integrate them into… Read more »
11 Key Steps of a Job Description Text Analyzer
Organizations of all sizes must write, review, update, and manage job descriptions. But this process becomes more complicated as your organization grows. And this is where job description software comes in. By leaning into the capabilities of a text analyzer’s key steps, you eliminate the manual process of writing and managing job descriptions. For instance,… Read more »
12 Best Reasons to Use a Text Analyzer for All Your Job Descriptions
One way to attract top talent is by writing good job descriptions. But, there are many factors involved in writing an effective job description. For instance, you must ensure the JD is gender inclusive, free from exclusionary terms, consistent, and readable. This is where a text analyzer tool comes in. These tools help you minimize bias in… Read more »
8 Essential HR Strategies for Startups: Build Your First Team
HR professionals hold the keys to more than just recruitment and management — they’re the architects of the team that will drive a startup’s success. So, you’re right to be thinking about the essential HR strategies for startups. But where to begin? How do you navigate the myriad of challenges and opportunities in the startup… Read more »
7 Time Management Strategies for Improved Efficiency and Employee Retention
If you’re navigating declining employee performance, productivity, and retention, have you looked at time management strategies yet? When workers don’t manage their time well, they take on too much, rush to complete tasks and miss deadlines. They have low energy and morale. Plus, although time management is the individual’s responsibility, managers play a significant role… Read more »
5 Ways Employee Onboarding Analytics Can Make Your Company Stronger
For any organization, hiring the best talents and the right people has always been a key focus. But hiring a person is only the beginning stage, after which employee onboarding comes. A good onboarding experience makes it easier for new people to fit in, keeps employees more interested, and reduces the number of people leaving…. Read more »
How Does Jeff Bezos Score Writing His First Amazon Job Ad?
Early Amazon employee Glenn Fleishman told Internet History Podcast that Amazon had a hard time hiring developers in its early days. We decided to run Amazon’s first known job posting (from August 22, 1994) through Ongig’s Text Analyzer software to see how his job description text scores using today’s best technology. Ongig’s Text Analyzer is… Read more »
Recruiting Q&A: Analytics with Groupon & Charles Schwab
Last week we wrote about the 5 basic metrics for your careers site. The article was inspired by two talent leaders we talked to who are using Google Analytics to better understand their careers site and candidate experience. As a follow up, we invited these two talent leaders to share more about how they got… Read more »
How to Optimize Job Descriptions for Social Media Success
Many hiring teams treat social media like a copy-paste dumping ground. But job descriptions written for your website or applicant tracking system (ATS) rarely perform well on platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok. (The format is different. The audience is different. And the attention span varies on each one.) If you’re sharing job content without… Read more »
Why Your Job Posting Might Not Be OFCCP Compliant (and How to Fix It)
I’ve read 1,000s of bad job postings. But this one stopped me cold: “We don’t believe in work-life balance; this job is your life.” If your gut says “yikes,” you’re not alone. That line (and plenty of others like it) is exactly why the OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) exists. And it’s also… Read more »
How to Get Busy Recruiters to Actually Use Your Job Posting Templates
How busy are recruiters? They’re not lazy. They’re drowning. I’ve heard this exact phrase from more than one recruiter: “I don’t have time to learn something new right now. I just need to get this job posted.” It came up again in a recent client call with a TA leader we’ve worked with for a… Read more »
