To discuss my experience with job descriptions, I would first like to say that I don’t have a great deal of experience considering I have only worked entry level jobs since I have not graduated college yet. Although, from my experience with these few jobs I’ve had since starting high school and through college; I have noticed that I have done many more job roles than what was listed in the job description when applying. This wasn’t a huge problem for me, although it might have been for some people. From what I have noticed people want to know pretty much exactly what they will be doing in a job; so when they are thrown into things they did not expect, it could go negatively for both the employee and the company.

This leads me into some ideas for overcoming some of the challenges associated with developing and maintaining job descriptions. My first idea for creating a good job description is to have the first line be what the company is looking for in terms of the role of employee they are searching for. They should then go on to give a very brief description of their company, and what they do; this should be kept brief because it then gives the potential employee a chance to research the company. The next area of the job description should be the required skills, and then should give a description of the daily job duties in the form of a list. I believe the job duties should be in the form of a list because it makes it easy to read/follow, and doesn’t seem overwhelming like a long scripted job description does.

To back up my ideas for creating a good job description, according to the lecture for class this week; job description and job specifications include the job identification (title, department, position), job summary, task statements, KSAQ’s (competencies) required, working conditions, etc. This goes along with the order in which I believe a job description is best laid out to create success.

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