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What makes you stop and actually read a job posting?

I love reading job listings. I'm not hunting for a job, but I just love poking around and seeing what's out there. I also tend to be inspired by them when I'm creating listings of my own. I decided to start a substack newsletter where I share one awesome job posting every day (https://bestjob.substack.com/) and would love to know what makes you stop and read an entire listing, or what makes a posting stand out from the pack.

on March 31, 2021
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    There's two things I look for; 1) have a salary indication, and 2) be brutally honest about the role. As such I do not want to hear about all fancy tech they're using. I want to read about the culture, process, goals, priorities and so on. Added bonus is when they provide reasonable expectations regarding prior experience.

    With the frequency I see them I doubt there's many companies that have these in order.

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    • When the language is creative as opposed to the normal official lingo (HungryHungry)
    • When they get to the important points first to at least bold them ;)
    • When they use new/different/uncommon terminology (polyglot)
    • When they have too many links cause they are totally transparent (gitlab)
    • When they specify salary or ranges
    • When I'm actually interested