As mentioned in my earlier blog, Employers: What Do You Need Me For Anyway, job descriptions are one of the first steps to hiring the right person. Well, I have found another tool to help make this process easier and more effective. The Job Description Writer on the careeronestop.org site is a great tool to help employers write a meaningful job description.
This tool only takes a few minutes complete and guides you through the process in seven easy steps. You start by picking the job you need to write the description for, and then you fill in the job information, which includes but is not limited to the organization name and website, the job location, starting salary, benefits, etc.
When you get to the task and activities section, you can type in your own descriptions or you can choose from a list pre-made for you. Work context, skills and knowledge, and tools and technology are the next steps ending with the final job description.
The final job description section allows you to review what you typed in and change any necessary details. It allows you to save your description in Microsoft Word, HTML, or XML format. Careeronestop.org also has a link to where you can find job banks to post your job description.
I am very impressed at how they organized and helped employers with this task, and I highly recommend you give it a shot!
