{"id":25,"date":"2021-10-21T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-10-21T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:05:11","slug":"minimum-wage-jobs-deserve-accurate-job-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/2021\/10\/21\/minimum-wage-jobs-deserve-accurate-job-descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Wage Jobs Deserve Accurate Job Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All of the positions I have held were seasonal minimum wage jobs I was hired for a year to four years ago. I say this because I have little memory of what the descriptions were when I applied, but I remember while I was in each position thinking how little it felt like I was prepared for the tasks I actually needed to accomplish. Every job I applied for, I had just happened upon under different circumstances. For example, the most recent job I applied for and was accepted for was as a pool monitor for a local neighborhood. I saw they were hiring because of a sign in front of the pool because I biked past there and was interested enough to find their website. Because of my interest, I would say this recruitment technique was effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.43.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.43.53-PM.png 508w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.43.53-PM-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this says 2017, it is the same as the application I filled out. As you can see, it asks that I identify my competencies as they&#8217;ve defined them by checking a box. These are pretty straightforward questions that leave little room for misinterpretation but can be concerning as I don&#8217;t know the degree of importance of each aspect if I were to be unable to check a box.  After submitting my application, I received an email to schedule a time to interview with a few pages of materials that included the pool rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.40.30-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.40.30-PM-1.png 504w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4391\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-1.40.30-PM-1-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interview, I was asked different questions about scenarios I could potentially encounter to see how I would handle them. I remember throughout the interview process still being confused about the scope of my role and didn&#8217;t find clarity until after I&#8217;d shown up for a few shifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it is easy for employers to think that because minimum wage or seasonal work comes with a high turnover rate or utilizes younger workers that it isn&#8217;t necessary to define how work will be performed and the tasks that will be required in a given job. But effectively defining a position prior to hiring will mitigate confusion and decrease the amount of underskilled workers hired. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the positions I have held were seasonal minimum wage jobs I was hired for a year to four years ago. I say this because I have little memory of what the descriptions were when I applied, but I remember while I was in each position thinking how little it felt like I was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/2021\/10\/21\/minimum-wage-jobs-deserve-accurate-job-descriptions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minimum Wage Jobs Deserve Accurate Job Descriptions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/bishopsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}