Job advert wording

Hedgehog99 · 14 July 2017 at 5:14PM

Having not been shortlisted for a job where my experience should have meant that I was, I strongly suspect they have an internal candidate they already knew they wanted to appoint even before the job was advertised.

I wish job adverts were like car adverts: when someone is a dealer they have to put "T" for trader at the end of their ad. I think job adverts should have to say IC at the end to warn you they have an internal candidate in mind.

Seems daft to have a law that says they must advertise when it just wastes everybody's time.

gonthemicrobe · 14 July 2017 at 5:31PM

Yeah this is infuriating. It seems especially common in the public sector, where the jobs also require a lengthy and time-consuming application form.

There's been interviewees coming in recently for a vacancy at my current job and I feel bad for them. They look like they're putting an effort in but unbeknown to them they have almost 0% chance of getting the job due to an internal candidate.

IAmWales · 14 July 2017 at 5:54PM

There is no law that says they must advertise.

z1a · 14 July 2017 at 7:12PM

"Having not been shortlisted for a job where my experience should have meant that I was, "

You may have been the least experienced of all the candidates.

Andy_L · 15 July 2017 at 9:24AM

IAmWales wrote: »

There is no law that says they must advertise.

The civil service has a "legal requirement that selection for appointment to the Civil Service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition."

http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/

but even then, outside the Senior Civil Service (ie Sir Humphry level) they can advertise internally before looking externally

AFAIK nobody else does. Some employers may have their own internal policy to do so or mistakenly believe they have a legal obligation to do so

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