Monday's Opening Thought: December 6, 2021

This week’s opening thought, for employers and recruiters: Put the salary and all of the job duties in the job posting. Seriously. How are we still talking about this, especially when we’re in the midst of the “great resignation” (*cough* people leaving harmful work environments because they know they deserve better treatment than what they’ve received at work, including but not limited to ambush workloads and low salaries *cough*)?

There’s no excuse for not having the salary and clearly defined work duties present in your job postings. None. Are you afraid that the salary and workload of the role don’t align and that the truth will turn off candidates? Well, sounds like it’s time to re-evaluate your job descriptions, which you should be doing annually anyway, to ensure some level of equity in pay and job duties.

Don’t waste a candidate’s time with salaries that are way below your local salary analysis averages for the role you’re trying to fill.

Don’t waste a candidate’s time with a list of job duties that leave out the messy bits of the position you’re trying to fill. Quit ambushing people with “other duties as needed/assigned” after they accept the role you lied to them about.

Why would you want to start your relationship with someone with lies and disrespect?