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Copywriting for Recruiters Staging | Writing better job ads will help you stand out, attract more applications from your target candidates and maybe even filter out a few timewasters.

Take the brief.
Write the marketing.
Earn the reply.

Around 90% of your target candidates are employed.

There are two types of candidates: people who need another job and the 90% who might want a better one. The goal is to give the second type a reason to be curious. That’s a writing problem – and writing problems have methods.

But it starts before the writing, with the brief – the top of the funnel. Get that right and the ad and the outreach have something worth saying. Get it wrong and the writing has nothing to work with.

The training is that method: a repeatable structure, the psychology underneath it and short exercises where you write your own ads and outreach, and learn why a line lands or dies.

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Exhibit A – The opening to a real recruiter job ad

Are you a skilled recruiter with a passion for finding the very best talent? If so, we would love to hear from you!

X Who self-identifies as an unskilled recruiter?

X A “passion for finding talent”? Really?

X Is that the call to action? It’s a bit early.
Verdict: 2/10. Four clichés and a marriage proposal, before they’ve told the reader one thing worth knowing.

Over 2,000 recruiters have done it. They tend to say the same things.

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Standard Programme

You’ll learn how to write effective job ads.

Job ads that stand out because they’re more interesting to read and more likely to get responded to by the right people.

 

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Personal Programme

You’ll learn how to sell jobs more effectively in writing.

And that’s regardless of whether the channels used are job postings, emails, LinkedIn Inmails or social media.

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Group Programme

A bespoke programme for corporate recruiters, HR professionals, and groups from recruitment agencies.

Includes the pre-recorded course, a writing assignment and customised live training as a group. Each workshop can cater for between 6 and 10 delegates.

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Full Programme

Includes the pre-recorded course, a writing assignment, customised live training as a group (via Zoom) and the personalisation of a 121-coaching session (also via Zoom) with one of the training team.

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I've followed Mitch for some time and his content always resonates with me. This course is going to be very useful in crafting future job ads, direct messaging, and in marketing myself as an expert in this area.

Ward Hampton
Ward Hampton View Linkedin Profile

Everyone on our team has done this course, as will all future employees too.

Cian Crosse
Cian Crosse View Linkedin Profile

As we're getting ready to scale our start-up, we need to have really great job ads and attract top talent. Although the course wasn't exactly designed for me, it was really eye opening and I've got some immediate ideas to rewrite my job ads. Highly recommended.

Chris Kranz
Chris Kranz View Linkedin Profile

This course is essential if you work in candidate-driven sectors. Without great adverts, you can’t attract great candidates. This course will give you the tools and strategies to do that.

Damien Deighan
Damien Deighan View Linkedin Profile

I liked the way the course referenced studies and data and used stories to make the concepts more real. The tests between modules were fun and the UX was flawless. If I left it and came back the next day, I could jump back in with no problem.

Kiera Tsenti
Kiera Tsenti View Linkedin Profile

I learnt so much, from structuring the ad to learning what hooks work best, etc. If every recruiter went on this course, job searching would be a dream for everyone!

Jason Howlin
Jason Howlin View Linkedin Profile

The content is spot on, and the bite-size delivery is straight-talking. Perfect for those with busy schedules or a short attention span. Thanks again!

Joanne Bell
Jo Bell View Linkedin Profile

Thought provoking, clever and refreshing. The idea you have torn up the traditional way of writing a job ad is great and very current to how I see organisations wanting to engage with their audience.

Toby Wurthman
Toby Wurthman View Linkedin Profile

I feel like I am equipped now to go away and write an advert that will attract candidates for those hard-to-fill roles.

Sharn (Gill) Lalkiya
Sharn Lalkiya View Linkedin Profile

A job description and a job advert are two different things.

One of the things that frustrates me about my industry is its proclivity to conflate these two pieces of content. Posting job descriptions and expecting your target candidates to read them doesn’t work like it did back in the early days of the Internet and job boards. The novelty of being able to find job…

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