subject: Well crafted JD- key to potential employees [print this page] Though there are a lot of ways to do that however, one of the most effective ways to fetch great talent is a well crafted job description (or JD). An expert recruitment agency understands the necessity of a good job description thus, always suggest their employers to give briefs about a particular profile to look for. Now, what is a good JD?
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What is a job description (or JD)?
First and foremost for those who do not know, a well developed job description consists of the roles and responsibilities that the profile requires who a candidates has applied for. Thus, manpower consultants put in their best efforts to develop and present a JD in front of the aspiring candidates. JD also states the qualification, skills and experience required for that particular position. It describes a brief about the aspiring position as per the company standards giving a clear picture to the candidates about the profile as well as the company set. Now, why it is essential to develop a JD?
The importance of JD
Well, it acts as a first short to know the professional standard of a particular company and the relevance of that profile in the firm. Often employers skip the JD part assuming it to be time consuming and an additional task. Thus, they offer just one to two liners of JD to their respective recruitment agency. It then becomes difficult for the consultants to understand the specific requirement and they come up with general talent in that criterion. It is very important that the company officials exchange information about JD to the consultants so that if they do not have to the time to develop it, at least they could brief the consultants to do so by giving them proper skill and knowledge to look for. This help them to fetch relevant profiles and proceed with the process of recruitment saving time and efforts.
Besides, a candidate gets the first glimpse of the job through the JD. If the JD is interesting and crisp then they know what they are applying to and how well can they handle the job. Experienced candidates always want to know more and more about the profile, role and company thus, they need maximum information on the same before applying on to it.
Thus, from next time make sure you convey your recruitment agency to craft a well descriptive job description by offering them relevant briefs. Once you do that you will see the potential candidates coming your way!
