Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. A job description is a written overview, pieced together like ...

Having trouble finding quality applicants for the open position on your team? The wording in your job posting may be to blame. Commonly used phrases that may sound innocuous to employers can actually ...

Let's talk about jobs. Not in the old-school, "What do you do for work?" way, but what a job really is. For decades, a job was described through a title and a list of responsibilities. You get hired, ...

Your employees' success depends on how well they understand their job responsibilities and the specific tasks their jobs entail. A job description provides this information. A well-crafted job ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. This article is more than 6 years old. The job description is an ...

Ramsey argued that they can easily encourage a mentality of dodging responsibility, where employees ignore tasks outside their listed duties. “Job descriptions set people up to say, ‘Well, that’s not ...

Writing a job description for positions in your small business is an important human resources duty. A job description clarifies the duties, expectations and reporting requirements of an employee's ...

All employees should have a current job description on file in Human Resources. Copies of job descriptions may be distributed to supervisors upon request. Supervisors are encouraged to review and ...

A young woman recently told me she was upset because her boss asked her to do something she didn’t want to do — it wasn’t getting him coffee and, for you salacious-minded readers, it had nothing to do ...

The more you think about it, the more it holds up. Recruiting is sales. You’re selling your company to potential employees.