for employers

Advice on Writing Job Adverts

Writing graduate adverts

If you are a small to medium sized employer you may or may not have targeted your vacancy advertisements towards the graduate market. These pages are designed to give you some basic advice and guidance to help you attract talented graduates.

A good graduate job advertisement should:

  1. be concise but give enough information so candidates can decide whether to apply, eg gives the location and pay range
  2. clearly state the skills and experience needed based on your person specification and job description
  3. be attractively designed (within the limitations of the GJS advertise your vacancy pages)
  4. be non-discriminatory*
  5. explain how the applicants should respond to the advertisement, eg by sending a CV or completing an application form
  6. include an application deadline

Here is a link to the age bias free application form from the Employer's Forum on Age (EFA)

http://www.efa.org.uk/publications/downloads/1825v3_EFA_AppForm_Notes.pdf

For further information please refer to Business Link www.businesslink.gov.uk/hampshireiow