When we are on a job hunt, whether it’s our first internship or full-time job. We go to sites like handshake or linked-in to look for a job that best fits our abilities and recruiters post job descriptions on these sites to screen for potential candidate. Both the job analysis and job description served as a tool for companies to know what task needs to be done and how it will be done for that specific job, and it provides a systematic roadmap for managers to know what to look for when hiring the next candidate, internally or externally.

Although I have not built any job description, I know that for my last internship, the job description can provide a valuable expectation for candidates that are looking for a job. Job descriptions usually are short, and straight to the point, bullet point style descriptions are therefore easier to read and grasp. From my experience, the job description closely Minick the real-world expectation. Job descriptions to me are like having a person taking notes and observing what the other person is performing and achieving at a particular job.

Job Analysis focuses on knowing the pain for the job market and the people that are working on that particular job. Are we overstaffed or short-staffed, do we need additional training? while I was working as an engineer intern, I was sent to the warehouse to help out the warehouse workers, my job description was not well clear and I did not have a true expectation of what my day-to-day task are, these problem arises because they are short staffed and having a intern to fill the labor gap was a pain free solutions for the management.