Why Job Descriptions Are An Essential Part of Your HR Arsenal
Yesterday, we covered methodology and appraisal in layoffs. Today, we look at the role of job descriptions—and at a valuable job description development and storage system.
Yesterday, we covered methodology and appraisal in layoffs. Today, we look at the role of job descriptions—and at a valuable job description development and storage system.
While it is the HR department in most medium-sized and larger firms that performs the job analysis function and coordinates the writing of job descriptions, the entire process usually requires some input from other levels of the company hierarchy.
Job descriptions have traditionally suffered a poor reputation among managers and human resources professionals. In fact, job descriptions often end up being ignored – left at the bottom drawer of a file cabinet, neglected and rapidly becoming obsolete.
Writing job descriptions is like going to the dentist. You know you need to do it, and you know it’s good for you, but it’s just no fun. Worse still, if you screw it up (the job descriptions, that is—not the dentist’s visit), you can put your organization at risk for costly job misclassification challenges—or […]