Well-written, current job descriptions clarify expectations and support recruiting, promotion, classification, performance reviews and reasonable accommodation. This 60-minute webinar on writing job descriptions shows how to draft and update them to cover every requirement while avoiding discriminatory language.
You'll learn how to identify essential functions, what to keep in and leave out, and why flexibility matters. The session also covers person specifications that set out skills, experience and qualifications, health and safety obligations, and using job descriptions for job evaluation, hiring, training needs and performance measurement.
Poor job descriptions can create legal risk, missed opportunities and difficulty complying with the ADA.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Attracting the right talent is both an art and a science. The art is compelling language that gives an honest picture of the work; the science is accurate titles and relevant keywords that search engines pick up, with mobile-friendly formatting.
This session explains how to identify essential functions and write job descriptions that limit liability. It suits business owners, managers, employers, HR staff and administrators, lawyers and accountants.
AREA COVERED
- Reviewing and updating existing job descriptions rather than relying on old versions
- Drafting job descriptions that define the job and its essential functions
- Using the right language: what to keep in and what to leave out
- Using job descriptions in hiring and promotion decisions based on skills
- Creating job descriptions that support ADA accommodation decisions
- Classifying employees correctly to avoid overtime issues
- Writing SEO-friendly and mobile-friendly job descriptions
- Preparing person specifications
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify your audience and what to do before writing a job description and person specification
- Identify essential functions and preserve flexibility
- Set out skills, experience and qualifications in a person specification
- Write SEO-friendly, mobile-friendly job descriptions that attract better candidates
- Avoid language that can lead to discrimination claims
- Use job descriptions for ADA accommodation, health and safety, performance management and training needs
- Apply job description information to job evaluation and hiring
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Business owners
- Managers
- Employers
- Human Resources Personnel and Administrators
- Lawyers and accountants
Attracting the right talent is both an art and a science. The art is compelling language that gives an honest picture of the work; the science is accurate titles and relevant keywords that search engines pick up, with mobile-friendly formatting.
This session explains how to identify essential functions and write job descriptions that limit liability. It suits business owners, managers, employers, HR staff and administrators, lawyers and accountants.
- Reviewing and updating existing job descriptions rather than relying on old versions
- Drafting job descriptions that define the job and its essential functions
- Using the right language: what to keep in and what to leave out
- Using job descriptions in hiring and promotion decisions based on skills
- Creating job descriptions that support ADA accommodation decisions
- Classifying employees correctly to avoid overtime issues
- Writing SEO-friendly and mobile-friendly job descriptions
- Preparing person specifications
- Identify your audience and what to do before writing a job description and person specification
- Identify essential functions and preserve flexibility
- Set out skills, experience and qualifications in a person specification
- Write SEO-friendly, mobile-friendly job descriptions that attract better candidates
- Avoid language that can lead to discrimination claims
- Use job descriptions for ADA accommodation, health and safety, performance management and training needs
- Apply job description information to job evaluation and hiring
- Business owners
- Managers
- Employers
- Human Resources Personnel and Administrators
- Lawyers and accountants