LO17 - Writing Job Descriptions and Person Specifications

Overview - LO17 - Writing Job Descriptions and Person Specifications

This course is provided by Learning4Business. Having completed this course you should be able to carry out a job analysis, write an accurate job description and write an accurate person specification.

Achievement of the learning outcomes means that you will be in a position to analyse job vacancies and come to objective conclusions in the form of an accurate job description and person specification. By having these two documents you put yourself in a good position to attract and recruit the right person, since the nature of the job will be clear to the applicant, and the applicant's suitability for the job will be clear to the recruiter.

For any organisation or company its people are its lifeblood; finding and hiring the right people, however, is a major challenge, given the competition for staff with the right skills, knowledge and attitude. For this reason it is vital that any person with a responsibility for, or a role within, staff recruitment is highly competent to perform that function. Failure to ensure this competence will result in an inability to attract the right people, and/or a failure to identify those people at the time of recruitment.

The course is divided into 5 sections covering the following areas:

• how to carry out a job analysis
• the key elements of an accurate job description
• designing job descriptions
• the elements of an accurate person specification
• designing person specifications

Certification

On completion of this course you will be able to download a Virtual College certificate.

Duration

Approximately 40 mins. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly you can study and absorb the material. You can proceed as quickly or slowly as you like, and there is no limit on how long you can take to do the course.

Target Audience

Everyone

Entry Requirements

None