- Vague job descriptions put off 17% of workers from roles in the last 18 months, research suggests.
- The survey, conducted by talent platform Eightfold AI, polled 913 employees and 259 HR leaders.
Nearly a fifth of employees were recently put off applying to jobs because of "vague or confusing" job descriptions, a survey has suggested.
The survey, conducted by talent intelligence platform, Eightfold AI, found that 74% of employees considered applying for a job in the past 12 to 18 months.
But out of the 913 full- and part-time American workers surveyed, 17% reported not applying for a role in the same timeframe because "the
It was the second most common reason cited for not applying for a role, after feeling "my past experience did not directly relate to the job description," which 18% of those surveyed cited.
Some 13% said they were put off by the role requiring attending an office or physical location.
Asked to rank the importance of different things an employer could offer, 70% of respondents rated a "clearly defined
The research also surveyed 259 senior HR leaders, only 46% of whom felt that their companies offered "a clear job application and interview process" for all roles.
Carol Cochran, VP of people and culture for FlexJobs, $4 that job ads were the first indicators of the workplace culture, adding: "The effort that a company is putting into setting that environment, setting that stage for candidates right off the bat is going to tell you something."
$4earlier this year that one insurance company, Phoenix Group replaced words like "energetic", "enthusiastic" and "innovative" with more specific terms to appeal to older workers.
A spokesperson for the company said these words could feel like they were aimed at a younger generation and deter others from applying.