Job Descriptions and Specifications

Описание: Let’s take a look at job descriptions and a job specifications. The primary outcomes that we are looking for in any job analysis are the creation of a job description and a job specification. These two outcomes are routinely written into one document. The job description identifies the tasks and responsibilities of a position. Simply put, it describes the job itself, not the person who will do the job.

A job specification, our other job analysis outcome, identifies the qualifications needed by the person who is to fill a position. In other words, the job specification tells us what kind of person we need to successfully do the job.

We will use the job specification to go out and recruit when we have an opening for the job. The trend today is to describe jobs more broadly, many times based on competencies, in order to design enriched jobs and to allow more flexibility in the work that is assigned