Job Description

Dissecting A Job Description

Important Points

• What are the goals, mission statement, and culture of the company?

• What skills are required?

• What is expected of a person in this position?

• What qualities or characteristics are they seeking?

Let's Dissect this Job Description!

Pay close attention to the images and then answer the questions.

Read the all about Target Section

Multiple Choice

How does Target describe their team?

• Honest

• Collaborative

• Hard-Working

• Stressed out

Look at the About Service and Engagement Section

Multiple Select

Which descriptive terms are in this section? (select 3)

• exceed guest expectations

• empowered

• advocates

• meek

Time to Dig in!

Grab a piece of paper and write down some notes.

Take a look at the section circled in yellow.

Multiple Select

List the skills that a team member is expected to have. (select 3)

• Communication

• Computation (math)

• Problem Solving

• Sales

Read the section circled in yellow.

Open Ended

In your own words, what would someone who is hired as a Guest Advocate at Target do on a day-to-day basis?

Who are they looking for?

Open Ended

In your own words, what sort of characteristics is Target looking for in a Guest Advocate?

Poll

Exit Ticket: After this lesson, I feel ______ that I can go through a job description and determine what the employer is looking for in an employee.

• confident

• somewhat confident

• not confident