Tips from

Literary

Legends

HOW TO

WRITE A JOB

DESCRIPTION

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.

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.

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.

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.

Either write something

worth reading or

do something

worth writing.

- Benjamin Franklin

Create a job description that’s enticing & worth reading.

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!

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.

If it sounds

like writing,

rewrite it.

- Elmore Leonard

Write like you speak to make your brand seem more human.

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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