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Anyone else notice a lot of poorly written job descriptions on the net? Common features include a massive block of text with no breaks or bullet points, heavy use of undefined acronyms (and not common acronyms; I'm talking about computer software acronyms that are so obscure that they don't even show up on an internet search), very small font, lots of passive voice sentences, ambiguous job duty descriptions, and spelling/grammar errors. I've seen such job descriptions on the websites of major corporations.
Also, I've seen Craigslist advertisements that include very vague and brief job descriptions and no company name (and not all of these are scams; I know one such ad contacted for an interview).
I wonder if the prevalence of poorly written job descriptions has something to with the so-called "worker shortage" we keep hearing about.
I used to work in forensics, and one time a computer forensics job was posted that sounded NOTHING like what the job really was. When people who were interviewed found out that the job entailed having to look at child porn now and then (like if a person's computer was taken because child porn was found on it they had to confirm and document), many people got up and walked out of the interview lol.
Ha! My last three jobs did not match the official PD at all! My boss has no clue what my job is, I recently had to update my PD, and have him sign off on it, the PD had to reflect the duties I perform, to justify my salary. He had no clue what my salary was...I think it was a shock to him.
As I've mentioned before, recruiters/HR sometimes copy and paste parts of the resume of the person leaving. HR is also not capable of understanding anything outside their world.
IMHO. I see too many poorly written anything and everything. It seems no one knows how to write anymore. I don't care if it's HR. It's everyone. Especially people in advertising. I mean, does no one proof or edit that stuff? I think not.
When I see very poorly written job descriptions, I pass. If they judge me on my writing abilities, I'm judging them. Yes, I could pass up something good, but then, I also wonder how smart is HR when they're writing this stuff. I don't care if it's them or their assistant. Someone with bad writing skills is writing those things.
at my current job, they have a straight up wrong job description for one of the positions. it's the description for a completely different job - the actual position is secretary/receptionist and the description is of a job moving and cleaning medical equipment. in other units, the description for the position is right (well, it's closer, anyway - it's still a generic systemwide description for a job that varies a lot from unit to unit). but when my bosses tell hr that ours is wrong, they say it's right. the place where i work is huge and super bureaucratic so there's just no way around it.
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