WHAT IS JOB DESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT?
Job Description Management is the creation and maintenance of job descriptions within an organization. A job description is a document listing the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of a specific job. Having up-to-date, accurate and professionally written job descriptions is critical to an organization’s ability to attract qualified candidates, orient & train employees, establish job performance standards, develop compensation programs, conduct performance reviews, set goals and meet legal requirements.
The problem lies in the current narrow definition of a job description and how people interface with them. They are often still seen as documents, or even worse, paper. Also, it take an enormous amount of effort to keep them from turning into a static, outdated document. No one person can complete them and often, lines of communication are filled with unanswered emails and unaccomplished to-dos. It requires a collaboration that people aren’t used to doing or doing effectively. People also do not know where to start and find themselves staring a blank document hoping for content to magically appear before them. Understandably, the task of managing job description have been pushed aside because everything else seems more important despite the fact that none of these tasks can be done effectively without a proper job description.
How does a job description repository like JDXpert by HRTMS make job description management easier? Firstly, it allows you to place your job information at the center of your Talent Management so that all of your HR systems draw from the same handbook. It also, lets you leverage conversations with multiple stakeholders, collect all of the information you need, and because HR controls who sees what, you can expose certain, more sensitive information to some while camouflaging it from others.
How does a job description repository like JDXpert by HRTMS make job description management easier? Firstly, it allows you to place your job information at the center of your Talent Management so that all of your HR systems draw from the same handbook. It also, lets you leverage conversations with multiple stakeholders, collect all of the information you need, and because HR controls who sees what, you can expose certain, more sensitive information to some while camouflaging it from others.