the advancement of the...eh?

That's my boy!

What is it about job adverts and terrible jargon?

In my past life I saw an advert for a new chief executive. It said the job was being advertised following...

The advancement of the founding postholder.

Christ knows what that means. It was so awful I complained, only to be told that my comments would be passed to the recruitment agency who, at great expense, wrote the advert.

And this week I see a job - sorry, vacancy - for an interpretive co-ordinator.

The ad, by some Government quango, says the ideal candidate should ensure the successful delivery - that word again - of the interpretation plan.

But nowhere in the entire ad does it describe what on Earth an interpretive co-ordinator might do or what they look after.

I'm thinking signs or maps, but that's a wild guess.

Does anyone know what these people are talking about?

Keep it nice and simple.

Will