How to Use Humour in Job Adverts

It’s tough to stand out on crowded job boards. How do you catch out the incompetent, attract the brilliant and generally stand out? With a funny or challenging job advert! Here are some amusing examples for you.

Blockbusters use humour to entice Now Hiring. Please, No Dinosaurs with Clever Human Costumes – Fool Me Once Shame On You…

American school bus company (Southland) emphasises it’s USPs You’ll never take your work home with you. In fact, it would be illegal. As long as kids get weekends and evenings off, so will you. Make $16.25 an hour doing what parents do for free.

10X marketing try a threat Next to a picture of Darth Vader: Join us or Die.

See if you can work this out from Dallas Restaurant and Bar “A final avv won moh befaw ah go ome” If you’re an experienced bartender and you can decipher this babble, we’d like to hear from you.

Another skill assessment We’re looking for computer engineers who like solving problems. Call us on this number now: X = 24, y = 30 Phone = 044.(y2-x). (y2 – 102) x 10.

An aptitude test with a twist from Horizon FCB There are 10 mistakes in this ad. If you beleive you’re a great grafic deigner with an eye for details, Spot these mistakes, than sent us your feedback on the pelow address including your CV & portfolio For tips on writing killer job adverts, read our article by clicking here.

I hope you found this entertaining…try not to spend too much time puzzling over that phone number equation!