Improve change my Meta Description shows in SERP

[knielsen]

I feel my meta descriptions are descriptive and fairly represent the info on each page of my site. However, Google frequently includes this "20+ items" in front of the snippet. I run a job site and each page list 20 jobs. What if I include a bit of coding in the Meta Description to include "Latest Jobs Posted TODAY's DATE" - since the jobs listed on the page will include a date. On each page there is also option to "Create Email Alert" and "save Jobs" maybe I should include writing about that as well?

I have read all Google's documents on the importance of making Meta Des relevant for the page etc, so any good insight how increase my chances of getting the meta des displayed in the SERP would be appreciated.

thank you, Kristian

[Matt-Williamson]

I think you will find this post by DR Pete helpful, as I know I did in the past -

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/why-wont-google-use-my-meta-description