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You use job descriptions for everything from hiring to evaluation, so you want your descriptions to be as precise as possible. Use our tips to help you refine your job descriptions, stay competitive in your industry, and attract the best qualified employees.

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Should You Meet the Market, Lead It, or Lag It?

In yesterday’s Advisor, consultant Michael Strand began laying out seven key steps to move to market pricing. Today, the rest of the steps, plus news—your job descriptions are rewritten and ready to go.
August 22, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

Market Pricing? Seven Steps Will Get You There

Market pricing is critical for most every organization, says consultant Michael Strand. Without it, you’re likely to underpay (and lose your best workers) or overpay (and lose your profitability).
August 21, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

Job Descriptions—One Common Mistake

Well-developed written job descriptions are essential to the hiring process, for two reasons, says attorney Susan Fahey Desmond:
July 16, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

Job Description Danger—Disparate Impact Lawsuit

It doesn’t seem that job descriptions would be lawsuit generators, but poorly written or out-of-date job descriptions can set you up for a nasty disparate impact lawsuit, says attorney Susan Fahey Desmond.
July 15, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

Use Outcome Not Method to Describe Essential Functions

Yesterday’s Advisor covered the two big not-required-but-necessary HR tasks—policies, and job descriptions. Today, specifics on essential functions, plus an introduction to a popular digital collection of pre-written job descriptions.
March 21, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

Not Required, But Necessary

What are the two major challenges for HR that aren’t required but are necessary? Policies and job descriptions? True, no law requires them, but you’re begging for lawsuits if you try to get along without them.
March 20, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

5 Critical Components Every Job Description Must Contain

In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured the California Employment Law Letter’s take on the importance of job descriptions. Today, key components, plus some good news—your job descriptions are updated and ready to go on CD.
February 15, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 2 Comments

Backburner Job Descriptions? You’d Like to, But You Can’t

Can’t we deal with job descriptions later? No, you need lean, practical job descriptions that accurately reflect essential job duties, says BLR’s California Employment Law Letter. They serve an important, if not necessary, function in virtually every significant employment decision businesses make.
February 14, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

HR’s Worst Mistake—The Trigger-Happy ‘No’

Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas The number one mistake I see is untrained supervisors responding negatively to employees’ requests for reasonable accommodation, said attorney Mark Schickman, They just say “no” without any interactive discussion.
December 19, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 2 Comments

Danger: Casual Background Checks on Social Media

Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas The biggest mistake I see managers making is failure to document, says attorney Molly DiBianca, member of the Employers Counsel Network (BLR/M. Lee Smith’s network of attorneys from all 50 states). And the number two mistake is casual background checks on social media.
December 18, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments
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