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The job detective examines the job advert
Job advertisements and descriptions should be treated as clues. Job advertisements are usually reliable sources of information and should be taken seriously. Employers can be found to have broken the law if they put misleading or incorrect information in advertisements.
Information from other sources can sometimes be invaluable, sometimes grossly inaccurate. The same principles apply whatever the source of the information.
Here is a typical job ad. Below it are our tips for reading the ad.
After reading the job advertisement, the following seven questions will assist in breaking down the job ad successfully. ...
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