Let’s keep this ad riff going. From another sales ad (I removed the city name from the ad):

About this Career Opportunity:
We are currently seeking an experienced Sales Professional to work at our showroom store location in the TH-CitySSP to help accelerate our growth further!

A large company posted this ad and they serve the B2C (business-to-consumer) market. I am guessing from the frequency of their ads that they have consistently high turnover.

However, when I read such obvious boilerplate ads, I get the impression that this company’s culture is mechanistic. Might not be fair, but impressions are the subjective interpretation of the person. The poorly-spaced, strangely-coded city field immediately makes me think they are sourcing often and everywhere. Had they taken the time to check the formatting of their ad, I would probably assume they have a people orientation to their culture (the rest of the ad is well-written).

I realize their are applicant tracking systems and tools for handling responses, but I would not recommend technological automation at the expense of human impression. Check your ads and read them as if you were a candidate.

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