I will always laugh at the job responsibilities associated with my current position as a corporate trainer. This role would require the following:

• Delivers live and virtual (online) instructor-led training to employees
• Leads or supports learning projects as assigned
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned

That’s it. They did a VERY good job of keeping the description vague enough to encompass any and all supporting tasks that may be required, and in doing so, likely avoided the chance of a lawsuit surrounding working outside of your job function.

Thankfully, the job description did not really influence my decision to apply for the role. I had already known that getting into training was something I wanted to do AND had already been somewhat head-hunted by the two managers on the team.

My experience on the job very much aligned with the listed description and responsibilities (see below) – the main focus of the role is delivering training content to different departments that we support. When not actively training a class, I’m assisting our design team with developing and updating the content to be delivered, or I’m partnering with internal clients determining what updates need to be made to existing material. All of these required tasks are included in the job description, so I’d say my role sticks quite closely to the listed experience. Adding a responsibility such as “perform other duties as required” is also a great way (from a job analysis perspective) to keep things vague enough to allow flexibility in day to day tasks. It is hard to claim “that’s not my job” when really anything could be considered an “other duty.”

I don’t have a picture of the exact job posting, but I did capture the information and email it to myself at the time of applying: