Job Description & Advert Builder
Build a clear job description and person specification for a UK vacancy: the essentials up front, responsibilities, essential and desirable criteria, benefits and how to apply, with a check for wording that could put candidates off.
About this tool
Candidates decide in seconds whether to read on, so the essentials come first: salary, hours, contract, location and working pattern. Adverts that show a salary get more applications. The person specification splits criteria into essential and desirable, so people who meet the essentials aren’t put off by a long wish list, which particularly deters women and under-represented groups from applying.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate in recruitment, and wording can do that without meaning to: “young and energetic”, “recent graduate”, “native English speaker” or “salesman” can all exclude people because of age, race or sex. The tool flags common examples so you can reword them. It also adds a right-to-work line, as UK employers must check every new starter’s right to work before they start. Your answers are remembered on this device.