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Why is searching for a new job made so hard?

For myself, and I assume many others, what the company actually does is a big part of why I want to work somewhere. I don't want to end up working for a company just to line some CEOs pocket. I want my work to be meaningful and have a real positive impact. Every single job advert is myriad of corporate jargon to mislead potential applicants into believing what you will be doing is amazing for the planet/people. And then you realise that everything you've read in the advert is just written by an external recruiter, whose only interest is to fill the role as fast as possible. What they write in adverts doesn't even need to be true! It's so rare to find a clear job advert stating the company, what the job includes, and salary without all the bloat. We shouldn't have to apply for a job to find…


For myself, and I assume many others, what the company actually does is a big part of why I want to work somewhere. I don't want to end up working for a company just to line some CEOs pocket. I want my work to be meaningful and have a real positive impact.

Every single job advert is myriad of corporate jargon to mislead potential applicants into believing what you will be doing is amazing for the planet/people.

And then you realise that everything you've read in the advert is just written by an external recruiter, whose only interest is to fill the role as fast as possible. What they write in adverts doesn't even need to be true!

It's so rare to find a clear job advert stating the company, what the job includes, and salary without all the bloat. We shouldn't have to apply for a job to find out who the employer is. I'm sick of it.

/rant

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