The Job Description

What is a Job Description?

• Written statement listing the tasks and responsibilities of a position.

• Process of determining the tasks and sequence of tasks necessary to perform a job.

• Determining the number of employees you need and defining a process for hiring them.

• Who reports to whom in the company.

What is the 1st thing of a Job Description

• Job Title

• Job Description

• Pay/Salary

• Skills

• Requirments

What is a Job Title

• Specific name given to a position that indicates the main responsibilities of the individual that will occupy that position.

• The money that someone is paid each month by their employer.

• Specific abilities that assist workers in performing their duties at work.

• The skills, experience, and attributes an employer expects to find in a candidate who is hired for a position.

What is Job Skills

• Specific name given to a position that indicates the main responsibilities of the individual that will occupy that position.

• The money that someone is paid each month by their employer.

• Specific abilities that assist workers in performing their duties at work.

• The skills, experience, and attributes an employer expects to find in a candidate who is hired for a position.

What is Job Requirements

• Specific name given to a position that indicates the main responsibilities of the individual that will occupy that position.

• The money that someone is paid each month by their employer.

• Specific abilities that assist workers in performing their duties at work.

• The skills, experience, and attributes an employer expects to find in a candidate who is hired for a position.

Which tells you the things you must have or be able to do to get a job? 

• Job description
• Minimum requirements
• Location
• Job duties

What information do you want to know about a company before you apply for a job there?

• What their net worth is.

• How long the manager has worked for the company.

• Their mission statement and values.

• Why employees typically quit.

The terms motivated, enthusiastic, and hard-working would be considered _____ words when written in a job description.

• informal

• key

• necessary

• fluffy

The job posting's role responsibilities are going to explain ________.

• what the pay scale looks like for this position.

• where to go to apply.

• how to get a promotion.

• what the job entails.

True or False: If you have many (but not all) of the skills that are listed in a job description you should still apply for the job.

• True

• False