Tag: how to write job descriptions

Talent Tip #138: What HGTV Can Teach Us About the Market for Talent

September 21, 2021

Katelynn Barbosa

A couple of years ago, I was home sick with a bad sinus infection and chose to spend that time in the most productive way possible – reading seminal novels I had never gotten around to. Just kidding. I binged watching HGTV. If you haven’t watched HGTV before, the basic format of every HGTV show involves the following:

Act 1: Couple wants to buy house and meets with realtor to tell them what they are…

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Talent Tip #63: Stand Out from the Crowd with an Eye-Catching Job Description

February 3, 2015

Talent Tip #63: Stand Out from the Crowd with an Eye-Catching Job Description

Standing out from the crowd can be a very good thing.

Now, I’m not referring to Miley Cyrus twerking like a fool, Bjork dressed as a swan, or Lady Gaga in a meat dress. I mean standing out in a positive way.

Take, for instance, the job posting my friend Steve Sheldon recently sent me. It was perhaps the boldest job description on which I’ve laid eyes.

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