This list seems to get longer every day, but what can you do (other than not apply for the job)? So, in no particular order, here goes…
- Requiring good communication skills when the advert uses poor English or hasn’t been properly proof-read (unless you’re looking to employ a proof-reader 🙂
- Stating the job is “fully remote” and then adding “(within London)” or somesuch
- An ad that is really just marketing fluff and doesn’t actually say what the job is or what skills will be required
- A job description that doesn’t match the list of skills required
- Not giving the sector in which the prospective employer does business
- Trying to hide the fact that the employer is really just a body-shop
- Not giving at least an approximate location for the employer
- Demanding “skills” that are not actually skills
- Describing a job as “exciting” or similar when, honestly, it’s really not