Writting Job Decriptions

• A job description is a written statement of what the worker actually does, how he or she does it, and what the job’s working conditions are.
• Most descriptions contain sections that cover:

  1. Job identification
  2. Job summary
  3. Responsibilities and duties
  4. Authority of incumbent
  5. Standards of performance
  6. Working conditions
  7. Job specification
• “standards of performance” section lists the standards the company expects the employee to achieve for each of the job description’s main duties and responsibilities.
• O*NET’s job description

  Step 1. Review your Plan.

  Step 2. Develop an Organization Chart.

  Step 3. Use a Job Analysis Questionnaire

  Step 4. Obtain Job Duties from O*NET. / Go into online website of the company, and find the job description of a choosen/ applied profession.

  Step 5. List the Job’s Human Requirements from O*NET.

  Step 6. Finalize the Job Description