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Textio adds new guidance for accounting, executive, hospitality, manufacturing and sales roles

When it comes to hiring language, context is everything
Pond in a field with open space and possibilities

This weekend I went for a walk with my three-year-old daughter and suggested to her, “Let’s take a lap around the pond!”

She turned to me and said, “How can I sit on your lap if we’re walking?”

I told her, “Sometimes words have two meanings.” What I didn’t say is that the context that surrounds each word helps define the word’s meaning and importance.

Textio's predictive engine understands that the same word or phrase may perform differently depending on context. Job postings meant to attract chefs are going to look and sound different than those for executives. By knowing the context that defines who will be reading the job post, Textio provides the precise guidance that helps that role fill faster.

Textio is constantly updating its predictive engine — in today’s update, Textio adds new guidance for several job functions, including:

  • Accounting
  • Executive
  • Food/Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Sales

Every time Textio is updated, new language patterns emerge. For example, take the language in sales job posts. The language that fills these jobs the fastest can be quite nuanced:

  • Instead of interpersonal skills, use listening skills:

Screenshot of Textio's writing experience with an orange phrase hovered to show a tooltip indicating the phrase drives down popularity among strong Sales candidates

  • Instead of interface, use collaborate:

Screenshot of Textio's writing experience with a green outlined phrase hovered over to show an opportunity to change it to a green phrase for Sales job seekers

It’s no surprise that what works in manufacturing jobs is different from what works for sales. It’s a different kind of work, and different kinds of language works for effective hiring depending on who you’re trying to hire.

The difference in impact between particular phrases can be subtle, and only come out when you’re measuring impact over millions of jobs. For instance, Textio shows that sales people respond well when you talk about collaboration and listening skills. Would it surprise you to know that in manufacturing jobs, collaboration performs less well than teamwork, and providing input perform less well than providing feedback?

  • Instead of collaboration, use teamwork:

Screenshot of Textio's writing experience with a green outlined phrase hovered over to show an opportunity to change it to a green phrase for Manufacturing

  • Instead of providing input, use providing feedback:

Screenshot of Textio's writing experience with a green outlined phrase hovered over to show an opportunity to change it to a green phrase for Manufacturing

This is just a sampling of the many phrase patterns that Textio’s predictive engine now finds for these role types. As more and more documents for these roles are written in Textio, the learning loop will surface even more patterns. All of these improvements will help Textio become even better at helping you hire people faster.


Topics: Recruiting, Textio, Uncategorized, AI, Data, Writing, Product