Sep 29, 2026 · 43 min · 13 segments
"When I grow up I want to manage the delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives and shape scope across business cases" said no-one, ever. Job advertisements have a language all of their own…
Charles FirthHost
James SchloeffelHost
And in particular, the way in which the words and phrases used to describe a role.
Do you find that with job ads, Charles? If you read a job ad? You read the job and you go, what is this?
They get crazier and crazier the more – I think there's something to do – because nowadays you read job ads on LinkedIn, right? Yes.
And I feel like the job ads have got more extreme ever since that's the only place that you really read job ads.
Sometimes you read a job ad and you think, I've got absolutely no idea what that job does.
In this episode, you're going to hear words like dynamic, fast-paced environment.
And in particular, the way in which the words and phrases used to describe a role.
Do you find that with job ads, Charles? If you read a job ad? You read the job and you go, what is this?
They get crazier and crazier the more – I think there's something to do – because nowadays you read job ads on LinkedIn, right? Yes.
And I feel like the job ads have got more extreme ever since that's the only place that you really read job ads.
Sometimes you read a job ad and you think, I've got absolutely no idea what that job does.
In this episode, you're going to hear words like dynamic, fast-paced environment.
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