Figure it out?

Written on 7:17 AM by B

With so many people laid off recently, the competition for
jobs is extremely high and there is a huge range of experienced applicants which
will only get bigger when more college students graduate this may. As this is
the case, it becomes extremely important for applicants to be prepared for the
jobs they are applying for. The preparation of course starts with knowing where
to look. There are uncountable numbers of job posting websites out there that
allow employers to advertise openings in their own words. There in lies a
problem my friend, you have to know what they mean!

One of the potential issues with employers being able to put
up positions on job sites includes deceptive portrayals of jobs offered. Have
you read a job posting lately? With the exception of some very creative ones, many
of them use overgenerous language to advertise their positions. The creativity
used to create the position titles is itself Oscar-worthy but it dulls in
comparison to the description of the possibilities they offer and no other
company offers to allow you to make giant leaps in your career. Unethical? No,
but it does make me worry a little about what to expect when one does get the ‘dream
job.’

Needless to say it is vital to exercise caution in deciphering
these job postings. If you were applying for a job, I would think it would be
important to you to know what would be required of you. It would be utterly
disappointing if you thought your job was highly interactive only to start and
be unpleasantly surprised that you only get to see people when they drop
something off at your desk.

Since it is highly unlikely that employers will stop advertising
jobs the way they do in the near future, it remains a job seeker’s responsibility
to find out what they mean. If your happiness, fulfillment and significance on
the job matters much to you, you’d better start reading between the lines. I’ll
have more on the subject in the coming weeks and together, we can help you get
that “dream job!”

Do you have trouble understanding job postings? What is most
important for you to understand?

-O