A List of Common Offensive (Exclusionary) Words Used in Job Descriptions (2024)

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There are quite a few offensive exclusionary words and phrases that can crush your job descriptions.

Use just one of these phrases and you could lose 50%+ of your candidates. These words are considered “exclusionary” by some and just plain offensive words by others.

Exclusionary words in job descriptions are so rampant, that Ongig’s Text Analyzer now flags them for our clients (with recommendations for inclusive synonyms to replace them with and explains why they might be offensive to certain groups).

Below are a couple of examples of offensive exclusionary words we’ve found in job descriptions. I grayed out the names

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