[header] How to analyze adverts for job applications [title] Look very carefully at each advert that is of interest to you. [step] Read it through several times until you get the feel and an understanding of what's being described. A typical job advertisement contains : [substeps] A statement about the organization and how it perceives itself in the market.
A statement about the job, in terms of what is involved and what a person doing it already (whether or not the position yet exists) would be doing daily. A list of the selection criteria for any prospective applicant.