Comments - Looking for a safe stance on the use of exclamation marks in recruitment advertising? Me neither. - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T14:57:57Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1370552&xn_auth=noMitch,
Good points.
An advert…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-09-04:502551:Comment:13754122011-09-04T16:30:52.729ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p>Mitch,</p>
<p>Good points.</p>
<p>An advertisement that BARKS at you is annoying. Using that methodology to recruit is off-putting...and for good reason.</p>
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<p>The need to shriek is essentially a call for me to avoid you. Common sense suggests that advertisement should attract not put-off--so my guess is that those who do operate in this manner are conducting a stress test. A sort of warning that their work environment may also operate in such a manner.</p>
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<p>So reader…</p>
<p>Mitch,</p>
<p>Good points.</p>
<p>An advertisement that BARKS at you is annoying. Using that methodology to recruit is off-putting...and for good reason.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The need to shriek is essentially a call for me to avoid you. Common sense suggests that advertisement should attract not put-off--so my guess is that those who do operate in this manner are conducting a stress test. A sort of warning that their work environment may also operate in such a manner.</p>
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<p>So reader beware. When they say, "Fast Paced!"--they mean collision course ahead.</p>