{"id":1,"date":"2025-04-23T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/walkerwritesjobdescriptions\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:14:36","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/walkerwritesjobdescriptions\/2025\/04\/23\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Getting Yourself Into?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image.png 541w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Job descriptions provide an outline for the job&#8217;s design, including the responsibilities of the job, who should apply for the role, the possible rewards after being hired, and possibly other descriptions like motivations, team composition, and job compensation. I feel it is relevant to mention that some states require job compensation to be posted in the job description.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>I wanted to talk about my own experience with job descriptions. I was the 2024-2025 President of the Associated General Contractors club for Oregon State University. Something that industry professionals would consistently ask me is, \u201cWhat attracts students to an internship?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image-1.png 600w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/8797\/files\/2025\/04\/image-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What I\u2019ve found through communicating with the student body and through my own experiences, I can confidently say that the fulfillment from an internship experience is what attracts students. Students don\u2019t want to run coffees or print paper in their internships; they want to experience the actual work that they hope to one day be doing. Having students become somewhat integral to a team by the end of their internship is the best way to expose them to an industry and give them the experience that an internship should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my most recent internship, the job description mentioned that relatively menial tasks would be taken on by me. Still important, but the most common tasks for the industry I am working in now, construction management. However, something I learned in this internship experience, which I think would help someone in any industry, is to <em>simply ask for more responsibilities<\/em>. Feel like you&#8217;re done with your tasks midway through the day? Ask your supervisor to watch what they do and take some notes, maybe you\u2019ll end up billing for millions of dollars like I did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job descriptions provide an outline for the job&#8217;s design, including the responsibilities of the job, who should apply for the role, the possible rewards after being hired, and possibly other descriptions like motivations, team composition, and job compensation. 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