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Ask HN: What are the best job postings you've seen?

13 points by jasonlbaptiste 16y ago

Trying to find good examples that people enjoy of job listings. What entices you as an engineer and designer? What details do you care about most? My hope is that there's enough opinion here that it influences job postings to be better (enough startups pay attention to HN).

mikegreenberg 16y ago
Love a little humor. Companies that are honest about who they are and what they look for. A good example of this is the hiring page from Stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/about/hiring http://stackoverflow.com/about/hiring) and Carsonified (http://carsonified.com/jobs/ http://carsonified.com/jobs/). It's also important to identify the culture and energy within the company. Employees should get a good feel for how they will interact with other coworkers and what their day-to-day activities might include. (Mustache Mondays anyone?)
- duncanmorris 16y ago
  The description for the "Sidekick to the CEO" role is brilliant. I'd argue that being able to identify with the culture of the company is the most important thing in a good job ad. IMO the reason stackoverflow and carsonified have good job ads is because they have a culture of humor and honesty, rather than because they set out to write an humorous and honest job ad. It's semantics I know, but a humorous job ad for a boring company wouldn't imo be a good job ad since it would be misleading I really like the ads SEOmoz put out e.g. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/web/2120238166.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/web/2120238166.html (disclaimer - I'm a global associate of SEOmoz)
lylejohnson 16y ago
This is probably obvious, but I tend to pay more attention to job listings that describe "what's in it for me" as opposed to "what's in it for them". For examples of the former, see most companies that post to niche job sites like 37signals, GitHub, etc. For examples of the latter, see, you know, Dice.com.
eggoa 16y ago
I don't know if this lead to anything. http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q5/lws_first_job_ad/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q5/lws_first_job_ad/
limedaring 16y ago
The Rapportive jobs page got a bit of buzz (disclaimer: I designed it so I'm probably biased): http://rapportive.com/jobs http://rapportive.com/jobs
- avree 16y ago
  I love the way the Rapportive job page is laid out. Makes it very easy to decide (as a potential applicant) if it's the right fit for you. (disclaimer: I work next door to you guys...)

mikegreenberg 16y ago

Love a little humor. Companies that are honest about who they are and what they look for. A good example of this is the hiring page from Stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/about/hiring http://stackoverflow.com/about/hiring) and Carsonified (http://carsonified.com/jobs/ http://carsonified.com/jobs/). It's also important to identify the culture and energy within the company. Employees should get a good feel for how they will interact with other coworkers and what their day-to-day activities might include. (Mustache Mondays anyone?)

duncanmorris 16y ago
The description for the "Sidekick to the CEO" role is brilliant. I'd argue that being able to identify with the culture of the company is the most important thing in a good job ad. IMO the reason stackoverflow and carsonified have good job ads is because they have a culture of humor and honesty, rather than because they set out to write an humorous and honest job ad. It's semantics I know, but a humorous job ad for a boring company wouldn't imo be a good job ad since it would be misleading I really like the ads SEOmoz put out e.g. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/web/2120238166.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/web/2120238166.html (disclaimer - I'm a global associate of SEOmoz)

lylejohnson 16y ago

This is probably obvious, but I tend to pay more attention to job listings that describe "what's in it for me" as opposed to "what's in it for them". For examples of the former, see most companies that post to niche job sites like 37signals, GitHub, etc. For examples of the latter, see, you know, Dice.com.

eggoa 16y ago

I don't know if this lead to anything. http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q5/lws_first_job_ad/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q5/lws_first_job_ad/

limedaring 16y ago

The Rapportive jobs page got a bit of buzz (disclaimer: I designed it so I'm probably biased): http://rapportive.com/jobs http://rapportive.com/jobs

avree 16y ago
I love the way the Rapportive job page is laid out. Makes it very easy to decide (as a potential applicant) if it's the right fit for you. (disclaimer: I work next door to you guys...)