The art of the Job Description is one every business owner should master. The purpose of these is to succinctly and accurately inform potential candidates of the job in question. The idea is to sell the job to them and make them apply. Of course you also want to make the right sort of candidate apply: it’s a delicate balance. Job Title This is the first thing anyone will see when they look at a job description and as such should be informative and recognisable to those in the industry. If there is a level of seniority to the position state it with simple terms like ‘managerial’ or simply ‘senior’. Job Summary This needs to be the most salesman-like segment and should summarise the job in a snappy few sentences, selling exactly what is unique about the company. Make it seem attractive, fun or elite, whichever sort of candidate you want to attract, write as if you were writing for them (because you are!) It’s a good idea to put the location of the job in the title because the worst thing is having the perfect candidate only they’re from Lerwick and you need them in London. If they see ...

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