Struggling with how to word a job description for your company? Here, we take a look at wise words offered from literary legends and how their message can help you craft the perfect job listing! Learn more hiring solutions at www.hyrell.com.

1. Tips from
Literary
Legends
HOW TO
WRITE A JOB
DESCRIPTION

2. Put it before them briefly so
they will read it, clearly so they
will appreciate it, picturesquely
so they will remember it and,
above all, accurately so they
will be guided by its light.
- Joseph Pulitzer
Write clearly & briefly, but make it memorable.

3. Substitute ‘damn’ every time
you’re inclined to write ‘very;’
your editor will delete it and
the writing will be just
as it should be.
- William Allen White
Don’t use overly fluffy language.

4. I didn’t have time to
write a short letter,
so I wrote a long
one instead.
- Mark Twain
Writing a clear and concise job description takes time. Use it wisely.

5. Don’t use words too big for the
subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’
when you mean ‘very.’ Otherwise
you’ll have no word left when
you want to talk about
something really infinite.
- C.S. Lewis
Use jargon-free language.

6. Either write something
worth reading or
do something
worth writing.
- Benjamin Franklin
Create a job description that’s enticing & worth reading.

7. There are three rules
for writing a novel.
Unfortunately, no one
knows what they are.
- W. Somerset Maugham
Don’t feel forced to use a specific job description format. Be creative!

8. If you don’t have time to
read, you don’t have the
time, or the tools, to
write. Simple as that.
- Stephen King
Find job descriptions you like and use them to inspire your own.

9. If it sounds
like writing,
rewrite it.
- Elmore Leonard
Write like you speak to make your brand seem more human.

10. I myself find that I trust my own
writing most, and others seem to
trust it most, too, when I sound most
like a person from Indianapolis,
which is what I am.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Write a job description that applicants can trust and relate to.

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