Job Descriptions Are Getting Longer and More Demanding

Why every job description suddenly feels like a CVS receipt

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI When Robin Olsen started applying for communications jobs three months ago, she noticed a shift: The job descriptions had grown longer. One combined communications and marketing, typically two separate roles, into one. Others seemed to have "crazy wish lists," Olsen says. One was so overwhelmingly long that it prompted Olsen to shut it from her browser. "My premise is, if you actually think that one person can do all of that, this isn't the place for me," Olsen...