Why advertise the obvious? Learning outcomes from analyzing advertisements for recruitment of Swedish IS/IT project managers

When Swedish employers advertise for IS/IT project managers they tend to list almost obvious qualification requirements instead of describing those that are unique their companies’ competitiveness, or more precisely, expressing really matters. The research behind this paper studied job advertisements during four years (2010–2013). findings point an inadequate ability understand and/or express the should be decisive appointment in order grasp essence what actually involves, which brings on problems both applicants and employers. practical implications study pursue a need stop advertising mostly general benefit specified ones, take sector’s, organization’s project’s into consideration. By doing so, prospect have better opportunity certain entails chance appoint right individual. acknowledging, set about solving, concerning managers.