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Job advert writer

Six steps, in order. Each one opens when the one before it is done. At the end you have an advert a candidate will actually read, plus the social post that points to it.

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1

What are you starting from?

Pick one. If you have nothing at all, the first option is the right one.

2

The job

The facts about the role. Everything with a star is needed.

Finish step 1 first.

Three things are needed, and only three. The job title, the area it sits in, and the level. From those the tool already knows what this kind of role normally does, so everything below them is optional. Two are worth adding anyway: the organisation name, because the advert opens with a short description of it, and the location, which is the first thing a candidate looks for.

3

What the role is about

All optional, and all of it makes the result better. Leave it empty and the tool writes this part for you.

Fill in the three starred boxes in step 2 first.

Free, and it does not use a credit. It writes a first attempt from the job title, the area and the level, so you have something to correct instead of an empty box. Change it to match your organisation.

4

How it should look

All optional. These are remembered on this device, so you set them once.

Fill in the three starred boxes in step 2 first.

5

Write it

This is the only step that costs a credit. Everything after it is free.

Fill in the three starred boxes in step 2 first.

You get two things for the one credit. The advert itself, in six short sections from what your organisation does through to how to apply. And a social post of about 120 words to go with it, with a hook, three or four bullets and a handful of hashtags. Anything the tool does not know about your organisation is left as a blank in square brackets, like [salary range]. It never invents a benefit, a figure or a company achievement.

6

Read it, fix it, take it away

Type straight into the text to change a word. Ask below to change something bigger.

This opens once the document is written.

Free, however many times you need. The advert and the social post both come back rewritten, so anything you typed in by hand is replaced.