How an April Fool’s Joke Exposed the Flaws of Recruitment Advertising

Posted on April 8, 2025     Leave a Comment

Last week, I posted an April Fool’s job advert – a confidential search for a new UK Prime Minister. It was deliberately tongue-in-cheek, and obviously so. Subtlety wasn’t the point. And yet, by the noon deadline (with responses to “the Rt Hon Sir A.P. Rilfool”), I’d received over 20 genuine applications. A week later, that […]

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