Thinking back to the last job in which I applied for, the job description did influence my decision to apply for the position in many ways. The job description influenced my decision to apply because it laid out what aspects the job was going to cover, the tasks designated with it, and what the typical job duties were. This was important to me because the job description is what first spikes your interest in the job, it’s pretty much all the knowledge you have of the job so far. Therefore the job description is important because it is what’s going to initially interest people and depicts whether they are going to apply or not. Specifically the job in which I was applying for was at Ulta, a makeup/cosmetics store; and the job description said something along the lines of being knowledgeable with different makeup brands (which I was), influencing customers to purchase recommended products, being able to work a cash register, customer service, etc. Having a job description where people can relate to the needs desired is important, and in my case was well suited for me. My job experience matched the job description pretty well and I ended up doing most of the things on the original description, and more. The ways in which it was similar was I worked the cash register a lot, I helped influence customers to buy certain products we were promoting, I tailored to individual customers needs with recommended products, etc. The ways in which it was different was I had to watch different makeup brands videos to better inform myself on their products and purpose, which was not in the job description.
4 responses to “MGMT 448 / Week 3 – Blog Post: Job Descriptions”
Hi Stevie,
I agree that a job description is very important. As you mentioned, it is your only idea or clue to what you might be doing in a job. A large part of one’s decision to apply or not is often based on the job description itself.
I think it would be challenging to capture every detail of a job or what a person may be expected to do in a job description. There are many details that are easy to overlook or just forget to mention. I think if a company can be successful at capturing 80%-90% of the work being done in a job description, they are doing a pretty good job.
Thanks for the post!
Hi Stevie,
I think that a well-defined job description can draw people to it. In your instance, you felt that your personal experience matched what the job description was asking you to do. I think that can be very useful when it comes to attracting the right people to the job. People who can do the job at a high level. Great job, I am sorry it did not work out per your previous post about the interview.
Best,
Seth Yates
Hey Stevie,
Great job on your blog post this week! it sounds like the job description at Ulta was able to provide you with enough information to get you prepared for the postion and to have a good idea of what you would be doing. It seems like the job description did a good job at communicating the need for knowledge about make up brands. This seem like an important detail because it attract the specific employees such as yourself that are a good fit for the position. Overall it seem like Ulta did a good job at preparing you for what you would face in the position you applied for.
Again great job with your post!
Hi Stevie, first of all thank you for sharing your own experience regarding the process of how to view job description on your working experience. I do agree with you that job description does influence or becomes a primary driver for us to decide whether we interest to apply for the job or not. It is because through the job description, we can know what the job looks like and our role as well as responsibilities because of getting that job. Also, if we feel that we are not able to meet all of the requirement skills on the job description, we will tend to consider and think again before applying to the job because we are considering about our capabilities toward that job. Thus, I do believe and agree that job description does influence and affect our decision making in applying the job. Because, we will spend most of our time to do the job, and if we do not like it. We will not enjoy working in the company regardless of the benefit that we can get or the comfortable environment.