The Distinction Between a Job Description and a Job Posting

Query:  What’s the distinction between a job description and a job posting? Can I simply share the job description when promoting for a task?

Reply:  Whereas the job description and the job posting are comparable, in that they each define the duties of the position and the data, abilities, and skills (KSAs) wanted to carry out these duties, every has a distinct objective.

The job description is an inner doc outlining the aim of the position inside the group, the important capabilities, and the required KSAs. It’s usually used to set the wage vary, full efficiency opinions, and if wanted, create a efficiency enchancment plan or take into account lodging. A job description will normally have extra particulars concerning the day-to-day necessities of the place than a job posting, and it doesn’t want to incorporate attractive language about the advantages the corporate gives or the corporate’s tradition.

The job posting is what you utilize to draw candidates to the job and your group. It’s, no less than partly, a advertising and marketing device designed to draw expertise by not solely discussing the duties of the job, but additionally the advantages you provide (each large and small) and the tradition of your group. Whereas a job posting will normally embrace a good bit of details about the job itself—so candidates have a transparent image of what they’re making use of for—it most likely received’t be as intensive as within the job description. The job posting will even have info on easy methods to apply for the place and maybe details about your screening and choice course of.

Whereas these two forms of paperwork convey a lot of the identical info, they’ll be more practical in case you write every of them to realize their respective objective.

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