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Why Do You Need a Job Description?<\/b><\/h2>\n

As a recruiting manager or hiring manager, think of your job description the way your sales reps or marketing team think about their promotional material, website or collateral. It’s likely the primary vehicle to draw in prospects, i.e., candidates, to what you’re selling – a new opportunity at your organization.<\/p>\n

You want to highlight why they should be interested, how it’s differentiated from other seemingly ‘like products and what’s the benefits they should get from joining your team. Only by emphasizing what’s special, in a way, your ‘value proposition: can you break through the clutter of a multitude of competing opportunities and get the highest qualified candidates’ attention.<\/p>\n

How Do You Write a Job Description?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Writing a job description is a crucial first step to adding anyone to your organization. To get started, there’s a basic process you should generally follow.<\/p>\n

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  1. Gain Position Approval:<\/strong> Make sure the position’s been approved. There’s nothing worse than crafting a job description, posting it, beginning the interviewing process and then finding out that you can’t bring anyone on.<\/li>\n
  2. Confirm Title & Compensation:<\/strong> Lock down the title level (i.e., are you hiring a ‘manager: ‘senior manager’ or a ‘director’). As part of the approval process, make sure to have internal agreement and budget approval on a compensation range that both is at a market competitive level and works within your existing compensation framework.<\/li>\n
  3. Understand the Role:<\/strong> To define a job description’s roles and responsibilities, you need to know what this person will be doing, how it fits into your existing organization and team, and the type of person you’re seeking. If you’re not the hiring manager, it’s critical that you spend time with the hiring manager (and others the person would work with as well) to detail everything at a granular enough detail so you have the information you need to craft an appropriate job description.<\/li>\n
  4. Include Keywords:<\/strong> Most job searchers do just that – search for applicable jobs using relevant keywords based on what they’re seeking in their next role. Make sure to include those keywords most likely to be used by candidates to find a job like yours, whether it’s particular technology (e.g., Hubspot, Salesforce, Java, Python) or specific topics (social media, content marketing, front end development, tax preparation).<\/li>\n
  5. Maintain Consistency:<\/strong> Understand what your company’s other job descriptions look like. In general, you should strive for a consistent structure. Presenting an inconsistent view across job openings can lead candidates to presume the company isn’t particularly well organized across other functions as well.<\/li>\n
  6. Review & Revise:<\/strong> It should go without saying but make sure you give your job description a thorough review. Make sure to address any questions that seem obvious about the role a candidate would likely want to know before applying. Get any feedback you can, and incorporate it before posting and sharing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    What Should Be Included in a Job Description?<\/b><\/h2>\n

    For most positions today, it’s a buyer’s market for highly qualified candidates. Today, there are literally millions of job postings available online for job seekers to wade through.<\/p>\n

    Your job description needs to be both enticing to draw in the candidates you want with enough detail to make sure you’re screening appropriately. To understand the details of how to write a compelling job description, check out our comprehensive post on the subject.
    \nHowever, at a high level, most job descriptions comprise these main components:<\/p>\n