When I changed companies, the job description had a lot to do with me deciding to apply for the open role. I had taken a position outside of my desired career path because it was a promotion and I wanted to stay with the company I was with. It didn’t work out and it was time to move on. The job description of the role I would go on to accept was within my desired career path and had the additional responsibilities I was looking for to grow as a professional. When I started the position before the pandemic, the duties and responsibilities lined up very well to what I experienced in the office. The similarities were almost exact to the core responsibilities set forth in the job description. I would put the differences within the ad hoc category simply because almost all my time was spent on the core tasks presented by the company. But over time, they started to change slightly because I asked for career growth and additional experience. When the pandemic hit and our reality changed, I took on additional projects as we all tried to adjust to the new normal. Some things were also taken away to balance the workload. Looking over the job description now, I would say approximately a quarter of it has changed. Outside the few projects that were shifted, most of the changes had to do with policy and computer systems changes. These adjustments were one-time events that occurred as a reactionary shift of the company moving from in-office to remote working. We went from manual checks to automated payments, for example. As these changes continue to happen, they will further alter my job description.
Unfortunately, my job description is not available to the public as confirmed by my HR department.
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