Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Human Resource Management

Job Descriptions

Job descriptions are an important tool in your organization. Job descriptions provide guidance with employee recruitment, training, compensation, performance evaluation and a variety of related functions. To be most effective, job descriptions are customized to your industry and organization and comply with legislative requirements.

There are many approaches to writing job descriptions and generic job description packages are available through various sources. While these can provide a good start for generating job descriptions in-house, they may contain terminology and requirements not appropriate for your industry or company.

Here are a few questions that may help you decide if you need assistance in this area:

• Do you have current job descriptions for all positions in your company?
• Do your job descriptions follow a standard format to allow for consistent application?
• Where your employees involved in the creation/writing of their respective job descriptions?
• Did you review/update at least the key job descriptions during the past 12 months?
• Do your employees have a copy of their current job description?
• Do you use job descriptions for performance measurement, employee goal setting, hiring decisions, promotions, etc.?

If you answered “no” to any of the above questions, you will benefit from a review of your company’s job descriptions. Help is as close as this email link: HR@dpvb.com

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