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Job descriptions are used for a variety of reasons, such as determining salary levels, conducting performance reviews, clarifying missions, establishing titles and pay grades, creating reasonable accommodation controls, and as a tool for recruiting. Job descriptions are useful in career planning, offering training exercises, and establishing legal requirements for compliance purposes. A job description gives an employee a clear and concise resource to be used as a guide for job performance. Likewise, a supervisor can use a job description as a measuring tool to ensure that the employee is meeting job expectations.
Read the following article about how to write a job description. While the job in the article is for a farm hand, the four steps are no different than for any other type of employee.
How to. (2019). How to write farm job descriptions. Western Farm Press. Available in the Trident Online Library.
After reading the article, How to write a farm job description and viewing the video, Job analysis methods, reflect on your current or previous job and address the following scenario:
You are a new HR Manager and your first task is to develop a new job description for an open position at your company.
Question A. Describe in detail the required components of the new job description.
Question B. Describe changes required to transform your job description into a job posting.