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important part of a compensation and benefits specialist's job. Job descriptions are essential to the successful development and implementation, and every thing go's smooth.
1. It gives clarity on task to be performed.
2. Attracts right talent.
3. Later employee cannot deny any task to be performed as not his responsibility. Everything is in records.
4. Inputs for appraisals and hikes.
Job description serves as an employee's guide on the scope or coverage of his/her work. At the same time, it serves as the employer's guide to gauge an employee's work performance.
Job descriptions help define relationships between individuals, between departments, etc. When used to advantage, they can help to settle grievances, minimize conflicts, and improve communications. It also help the employee to understand the responsibilities of the position, and help management analyze and improve the company's structure.
This is for knowing your tasks on your first day. It's also good to know which task is not part of your job so you can refer it to the right employee.
1. Identify the clear roles and responsibilities.
2. Job description links to the Individual Accountability Plan (IAP).
3. JD links with performance management system.
4. Job description measure the qualitative and quantitative output.
Each staff is recruited against specific task and responsibility to perform in an organization. Therefore it is important to specify a job description against each staff or designation to make him or her clear about his or her task and responsibility. Thus your designation is defined by your JD and your JD is the guiding principle for your day to day work done.
A Job description defines the purpose and scope. It summarizes the important functions of a specific job on which the employer bases position postings, conducts job interviews and performance appraisals. Accuracy of job descriptions is eminent as they represent actual duties and key responsibilities as well as the specifications required for the job. Job descriptions are also used in various HR processes like recruitment, selection, orientation, performance assessment, succession, planning and compensation etc.
So that the right candidate gets attracted to the job and irrelevant applications can be avoided, if the description is not written correctly it is also possible that people from other fields might apply for the job, exemple I am quality assurance team lead and if I find a job with this heading so I would apply form this however I do QA in call center and if description is not mentioned so I might apply for a QA position in a software or technical company.
Job Description is important. It helps in understanding what the job is, what are the skills , attributes and experience required for the job, reporting structure, Compensation details,Physical location details. It also helps the recruiter in easing the process of finding out the best talent.
Well job descriptions is an important step in planning your staffing programs. They form the foundation for many important processes such as job postings, recruitment, selection, setting expectations, compensation, training and performance management.
Backbone of organization recruitment process this is why it is very important.
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