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How to Write a Job Post People Finish Reading

Six edits that raise qualified applications without raising your budget.

Priya RamanContent Editor8 min read

Lead with the shift, the pay, and the place. Those three facts decide whether anyone reads your fourth sentence.

Cut the paragraph about your culture until after the responsibilities. Replace adjectives with numbers: how many events, how many covers, how many pallets.

Finally, name the commute. A candidate in Richmond reads Fremont very differently than a candidate in Hayward, and saying so up front prevents three wasted interviews.

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