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Human Resources vocabulary · Recruitment & Hiring

Job posting

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCore term

In human resources, job posting means: An advertisement for a job, published on a company's careers page, job boards or social media, that invites people to apply.

In Turkish: iş ilanı

How it is used

The usual US word; British English also says job advert or job ad. A posting is shorter and more 'selling' than the full job description. You post, publish, close or reopen a posting.

Example sentences

  1. The job posting got 300 applications in the first week.

  2. Let's take down the job posting once we have enough candidates.

Common collocations

  • publish a job posting
  • internal job posting
  • close a job posting
  • job advert
  • job descriptionA document that explains the purpose of a job, its main duties and responsibilities, and the skills and experience the person needs.
  • vacancyA job in an organisation that is available because nobody is doing it at the moment, so the company is looking for someone to fill it.
  • employer brandingThe way a company presents itself as a place to work, and the efforts it makes to be seen as an attractive employer.
  • applicant tracking systemSoftware that collects job applications, stores candidate details and follows each person through the stages of the hiring process.

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