Job Posting Checker: Which Qualifications Are Actually Required?
Paste a posting and see which items it lists as required, which as preferred or nice to have, how many years of experience it asks for and where, whether the degree has an “or equivalent experience” escape, and which certifications it names. It applies the rules from our analysis of required vs preferred qualifications in 9,079 postings.
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Runs in your browser. The posting text is not sent or saved.
How to use the result
Treat the required list as the employer's stated conditions and the preferred list as a description of the strongest candidate. Missing a preferred item is not on its own a reason to skip a job. How to decide whether to apply when you miss some qualifications.
The checker only reads the words on the page. It does not know how the employer screens, and a posting with no headings can put everything in the unlabelled list. How to read a job description.