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To think it’s unacceptable that so many job adverts and person specifications have typos and incomplete sentences, like no one’s bothered to proofread them?

41 replies

MyOpalReader · 24/06/2025 20:46

I keep coming across job listings with obvious spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and sentences that just… stop halfway through. It looks unprofessional and gives the impression that the employer doesn’t really care about attention to detail.

I get that people make mistakes but surely if you’re advertising for a role, especially one that requires good communication skills, you’d make the effort to proofread? AIBU to think that job adverts should be properly checked before being posted? Or am I expecting too much?

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AndImBrit · 25/06/2025 07:03

BogRollBOGOF · 25/06/2025 07:00

There was one I passed over recently for the opposite reason, more wanky corporate bullshit than the early weeks of The Apprentice. It wasn't even a "professional" role.

It told me that I would not be compatible with the culture there.
Plus it's already an organisation that's the equivilent of a pig in lipstick Grin

So it’s true then? …

BogRollBOGOF · 25/06/2025 07:00

There was one I passed over recently for the opposite reason, more wanky corporate bullshit than the early weeks of The Apprentice. It wasn't even a "professional" role.

It told me that I would not be compatible with the culture there.
Plus it's already an organisation that's the equivilent of a pig in lipstick Grin

Dangermoo · 25/06/2025 06:39

FloraBotticelli · 24/06/2025 22:01

Managers don’t care about attention to detail - that’s what they’re hiring you for!

It’s a pain to write an ad and prep for interviews etc, and they’re probably stretched otherwise there wouldn’t need to hire, so I’d cut them a bit of slack.

🙄

Bringinguptherear · 24/06/2025 22:42

ASDnocareer · 24/06/2025 22:25

I agree, and I think there are plenty of double standards that are socially acceptable for recruiters/employers to get away with but not us as candidates. Even when you do everything ‘right’ they’ll still find any excuse to reject your application

Seriously employers aren’t looking of excuses to reject , they’re not advertising roles just for the fun of rejecting people. It’s expensive and time consuming snd all you want is to find the right person.

If you are rejected they either have better qualified candidates than you, or they just don’t have candidates who they think sufficiently meet the job spec in which case no-one gets the role.

I have had both

  • - cases where candidates who were perfectly good on paper who didn’t get any interview because we had some real stand-out candidates.
  • Cases where no one interviews because no-one was good enough
ThisSillyFox · 24/06/2025 22:26

I was looking at jobs on my local NHS page and was laughing at how many typos there were for jobs advertised for senior staff. Doesn’t make a good impression.

ASDnocareer · 24/06/2025 22:25

I agree, and I think there are plenty of double standards that are socially acceptable for recruiters/employers to get away with but not us as candidates. Even when you do everything ‘right’ they’ll still find any excuse to reject your application

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 24/06/2025 22:22

TheOnlyWayisGerard · 24/06/2025 22:04

A local SEN school was advertising for teaching assistant’s. I couldn’t help myself, I emailed them pointing out the error. They’re still using the same advert 🙄.

I once picked up a leaflet offering a taught MA in English Lit at our local university. There were two very basic mistakes in the blurb!

Butchyrestingface · 24/06/2025 22:07

AI, as a PP mentioned?

TheOnlyWayisGerard · 24/06/2025 22:04

A local SEN school was advertising for teaching assistant’s. I couldn’t help myself, I emailed them pointing out the error. They’re still using the same advert 🙄.

FloraBotticelli · 24/06/2025 22:01

Managers don’t care about attention to detail - that’s what they’re hiring you for!

It’s a pain to write an ad and prep for interviews etc, and they’re probably stretched otherwise there wouldn’t need to hire, so I’d cut them a bit of slack.

Jellycatspyjamas · 24/06/2025 22:01

I imagine many of them are AI generated and no one’s checked the copy before it’s gone out.

Copiousamountsofpulses · 24/06/2025 21:56

It's menus in restaurants for me 😬

minipie · 24/06/2025 21:55

It’s not just job adverts, it’s EVERYTHING.

redgingerbread · 24/06/2025 21:55

I work in publishing and even our job ads have errors. It’s embarrassing!

TheTecknician · 24/06/2025 21:54

It's lazy and demonstrates contempt and ignorance. No excuse, unless the employer wants to create a negative impression.

IDontHateRainbows · 24/06/2025 20:47

They're showing who's boss..one rule for them ..