1. Use Creative Job Titles, Descriptions to Attract Top Talent

    Most businesses “view the job description as an administrative document,” something boring and bland that only contains the most basic and necessary information — and that’s a mistake, Jon Picoult, founder and principal of Watermark Consulting says in this video from the Monster Resource Center . Talent acquisition is a business just like any other, he explains, so “your job titles are really your product names and you job descriptions are your marketing” copy. As you write them, you need to use the same consideration you would dedicate to creating a product name and its accompanying marketing materials. “I’m not ...
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