In my recent consulting (workshops and assessments), several technical staff and their managers have told me they’re not sure they are being paid what they’re worth. I ask “How do you know?” They tell me all the ways they’re working for the organization and how much that benefits their managers. I ask the next question, […]
Raven has a very funny take on what job descriptions really mean.
Read Sidu’s Avoiding hell at work by spotting Dilbertian job descriptions.Sidu’s on target. That’s why I suggest you do a real job analysis, and write the ad and/or job description with other technical people. People who are not in the industry dumb down the descriptions and ads, and make them worthless for people to filter
If you haven’t read Hiring the Best …, you may not realize how often I say it’s ok to iterate on job descriptions.Job descriptions cannot be static. To all you HR folks, sorry, you have to work with the hiring manager to determine what’s most important for the position you’re filling now. This particular developer/tester/writer/project
I’m doing a webinar series for Kennedy, starting this Thursday. See Building Effective Hiring Strategies & Job Descriptions To Match!. You can sign up for either or both. I hope you decide to join me Jan 18 and 25, 2007. (I’ll be doing another series in May about how to use different interviewing techniques and
Recently, a reader asked me about applying for a project management job. She was missing a particular technical tool, but had plenty of what seemed to me as reasonable job experience. I suggested she apply anyway. When I see an ad (or a job description) focused on tools, I am sure that the hiring manager
I may not have been blogging much these days, but I have been busy. I’ve posted three templates to my website. Job analysis template (in pdf) Job description template (in pdf) Job advertisement template (in pdf) As with all templates, the key is in the writing. I’m still organizing m site, so if you want
Lisa Haneberg, in her post, How do we define a job – Part 2, develops a prototype for a job posting. She does a great job. She starts with a main attractor, adds in the essential qualities, preferences, and skills, and talks about who should not apply.A job description is not an ad. Posting a
In description prescription, Don Blohowiak asks the question, “How much of a factor do you think job descriptions are in influencing what people do at work all day?” (None is his cynical answer :-)Part of the manager’s job is to review those job descriptions during the year and see where people are outperforming their description
Dave Liebreich has a post Job Descriptions Made Easy, where he describes the value of following the job analysis template in Hiring the Best …and a technique to use Tinderbox to see the job analysis. Cool.