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Job Description Writing & Screening Criteria

20 min

What you will learn

  • Use AI to write job descriptions that are specific, inclusive, and legally compliant
  • Develop minimum and preferred qualification criteria that reduce bias
  • Generate screening rubrics that align with actual job requirements
  • Audit existing job postings for gendered language and unnecessary barriers

Job Descriptions: Your First (and Most Important) Recruiting Tool

A job description is not just an HR formality — it's your primary recruiting tool. Research from LinkedIn and Glassdoor consistently shows that the quality of your job posting is the single biggest factor in application volume and candidate quality.

Most job descriptions fail because they: - List credentials instead of describing the work - Use gendered or exclusionary language unintentionally - Include "nice-to-have" requirements as "must-have" (deterring qualified candidates) - Are written by committee and read like a legal document

Framework: Performance-Based Job Description Generator

Write a job description for the following role:

Title: [e.g., Senior Financial Analyst]
Department: [e.g., FP&A]
Reports to: [Title]
Location: [On-site / Hybrid / Remote] in [City, State]
Salary range: [Per local pay transparency laws]

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What you'll learn:

  • Use AI to write job descriptions that are specific, inclusive, and legally compliant
  • Develop minimum and preferred qualification criteria that reduce bias
  • Generate screening rubrics that align with actual job requirements