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    Compelling careers pages: Invite job seekers to explore your story

    For the dispersed employee base of global development organizations in particular, the career site may be the best opportunity someone has to delve into an organization’s mission and determine whether it’s a good fit. Here are five tips global development organizations can use to build compelling careers pages.

    By Husna Haq

    Think a well-designed careers page isn’t critical to a global development organization’s growth and success? Consider this: 76 percent of U.S. job seekers prefer to find and apply for jobs through a company’s career page, according to a 2014 study by Potentialpark, an expert in online applying.

    A good careers page “sends the message to candidates that hiring good people is important to the company,” said Nick Leigh-Morgan, founder and CEO of iKrut.com, an online recruitment system.

    For the dispersed employee base of global development organizations in particular, the career site may be the best opportunity someone has to delve into an organization’s mission and determine whether it’s a good fit.

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      Husna Haq

      Husna is a Devex correspondent based in the greater New York city area. She covers national news, politics, and publishing as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, and travel news for the BBC. She worked for National Geographic.com from 2006 to 2008, where she helped develop the organizations digital presence.

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