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a job profile is an outline, a high-level overview of a position. It provides only general information about a particular position. In contrast, a job description is a written statement which includes the working conditions, scope, purpose, duties and responsibilities of a job along with the title of the individual to whom the position reports.
Job is the tasks that one will perform within an authorized designation/post /rollof a company/organization.
Position is a form of power being held by some one in a particular area or department of a company or a government.
Job Description is the details of tasks designated by a company authority that should be performed under specific position or department in which also lay emphasize on the knowledge, skills, and experience which are required according to the accomplishment of the specified job
Job profile is the total summary of the details of a job and about the employer including the behavior of job, the purpose of job and sometimes including remuneration details of the job also. This will also state the numbers of staff to be managed under the specific job.
'Position' is equivalent to the 'Job Title' (For Example, Assistant Sales Manager, HR Officer, etc). In contrast, 'job' is the duties you perform at a particular 'position'. For example if someone asks you 'Who are you in this Company?', you tell him your position in the company, but if someone asks you 'what do you do here?' you say the 'job' you do (literally).
Prior to making decisions on recruitment, it is important to conduct a 'job analysis'. Job analysis is the process by means of which a description is developed of the present methods and procedures of doing a job, physical conditions in which the job is done, relation of the job to other jobs in the organization, and other conditions of employment. Job analysis is intended to reveal what is actually done as opposed to what should be done. At organizations, the nature of job changes over period of time, developments take place and new personnel are employed and these necessitate that jobs are reviewed and analyzed periodically.
the end result of a job analysis is the development of 'job descriptions'. it defines a particular job. it states the purpose of job and relation with other jobs. it contains job title, section or department, objectives, list of duties, responsibilities, relationship with people related to the job (inside/outside), work environment, hours of work, paid holidays, sick leave, salary, overtime, bonus and other benefits, etc. Job description enables the candidate to make a decision as to whether he/she should take up the job or not and also helps him/her perform duties with full understanding and without doubts.
The job profile you mention in the question is similar to Job Description. However there is a more important term, i.e., employee profile or employee specifications. Employee specifications provides details about the personal qualities desirable for a candidate to possess (physical qualities, mental qualities, skills, qualifications, personality).
