Job Descriptions

Job descriptions
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Job descriptions are basically the statements that describe the duties, responsibilities as well as the required qualifications for a particular job opportunity. They are detailed and provide a clear understanding of the skills and experience the employee brings to the company or organization. Job descriptions have their advantages and disadvantages. As such, they are necessary for a company for various reasons. For instance, job descriptions provide the chance to communicate the direction of the company accurately to enable employees to realize how they fit in. this enables the employees to get in line with the direction the company leadership takes as far as goals, vision, and mission is concerned. Job descriptions also provide a clear outline of what the employees are expected of in the company in terms of recruitment and performance. They also facilitate employees’ legal covers. For instance, descriptions of physical requirements such as disabilities acts (Susan, 2018). Also, job descriptions enable employees to understand their responsibilities, roles, and boundaries within a company. This ensures effective and smooth workflow.
A company that decides not to use job descriptions is likely to suffer certain consequences. For instance, waste of employee expertise. Without job descriptions, the overall productivity of a company is likely to reduce due to unused skills, knowledge, and experience of employees. Also, a company is likely to face unrealistic standards of performance.

Without job descriptions, a company is likely to expect too much from their employees due to wide operational scope, time-consuming duties, and complex responsibilities. Also, the company is likely to face instances of the unnecessary job requirement for employees. For example, job adverts might specify qualifications that are outside the scope of the job (Doucette, n.d)
Thus, job descriptions are vital for a company to facilitate the evaluation of employee’s skills and capabilities before being recruited for various positions in a company.
References
Doucette, C. (n.d.). What Happens If an Organization Doesn’t Conduct a Job Analysis? Small Business – Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/happens-organization-doesnt-conduct-job-analysis-15562.htmlSusan, N (2018). Positives and Negatives about job descriptions. Human Resource Journal. 7(18) pp. 2-4.