In my experience with internships, there is always a set plan for the next 3 months between school, you start with some training, and then boom! You’re off on your own getting questions from everyone and expected to know all the jargon that comes with the job. Job descriptions in my past have never been too accurate, they are always in the ballpark of what is described but sometimes it’s an understatement and some other times it’s an overstatement, both of these have happened in my past.
Something which I took from this week’s learning materials is that the job description is always a give and take and that people want to feel rewarded but rewarding employees is not always the best financial decision for employers because it requires funds and resources. To some extent this may be the most important aspect of the career path for an individual and the employer, setting the standard for the job is what brings people in and what helps keep people engaged knowing that they are fulfilling purposeful and meaningful tasks every day.
Knowing this means that keeping these promises for a job description is very difficult and sometimes they change as years go by, people’s lives change and so does the market. As an employer, you may discover that a certain employee lacks the knowledge which they claimed to have and it’s necessary to let them go before you end up losing assets due to their lack of knowledge. It is important to keep these expectations in mind while hiring people as well throughout their careers in the company. If there is no job description, there is nothing to evaluate in the employee, a job description means everything to both the employer and employee.
Thank you for reading
–Pablo Campos Viveros
