How to define Job Requirements
Clients often ask The Eventus Recruitment Group for advice on how to define job requirements. This blog goes through some of the key considerations when you are recruiting for a job role within your organisation. Once the requirements of a job have become clear, the responsibilities and tasks of the position should be detailed in a job description. The skills and experience and type of person needed for the position should then be set out in a job specification.
Defining Responsibility
Writing an accurate job description helps to ensure that the right information is given when the job is advertised, ultimately leading to a satisfactory appointment and preventing misunderstandings.
Include the title of the job and its reporting line in a description. When describing major responsibilities, set out in detail what the job-holder is expected to achieve. Use verbs of action, such as “liaise” or “develop”, to describe day-to-day tasks so that you are clear about what the employee is going to do.
Checking a Job Description
Check that a job description contains the following elements:
- Job title
- Reporting line of the job
- Overall responsibilities of the job
- List of the jobs tasks and activities
- Details of terms, including; pay and conditions of service
Defining Skills
Once you have drawn up a revised job description, you can begin to analyse the skill, qualification, experience, and attributes needed in the person who will fill the job. This will be the job specification. Be as precise as possible: it is useful to specify what is desirable, but also what is the essential minimum, to help you assess the candidates who apply. Be realistic about what you are looking for, and keep other options open. Stating that “a knowledge of statistics is desirable” may not be possible. You may find that all candidates’ statistical skills are inadequate and whoever you employ must be sent on a course.
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