Why You Need a Job Description

Although no specific law requires you to create job descriptions or dictates what they should contain, creating and maintaining a job description for every job in your organization is a best practice. Effective job descriptions provide your executives, supervisors and employees with a clear understanding of how each job fits into your organization’s structure and contributes to the organization achieving its mission. Job descriptions also provide clear recruiting guidelines and performance expectations, which may help you defend against claims of discrimination in the hiring and promotion process.

Job descriptions should set forth job duties and expectations by: