5 Steps to Save Hundreds of Hours on Job Descriptions

U.S. companies lose over $35b a year simply because they can't accurately describe work requirements in a job description.

An organization’s ability to recruit, hire, compensate, and retain the best people depends on its ability to accurately describe a job. Yet, HR teams all over the globe struggle to keep job documents updated.

Why are job descriptions so hard?

They are hard because:

• Internal systems lack governance tools needed for accuracy at scale

• They are extremely time consuming to maintain

• Internal cooperation is difficult if not impossible

• There is no defined job description process

• Team members operate in a silo

• Did I mention they take a ton of time?

The result?

Companies have hundreds of inaccurate and outdated job documents scattered across multiple systems.

• They don't know which versions are the most recent.

• They don't know if the job descriptions accurately describe the role

• They don't know if they have duplicate titles for the same job. 

Compensation professionals can't confidently benchmark pay for a position; increasing time to hire or overpayment of employees.

Recruiters chase candidates that don't have the right skills. New hires come in with mismatched expectations and quit within a year.

Employee morale drops, the company’s brand is tarnished, and thousands of dollars are lost... all because of the inaccuracy of a simple document.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

By establishing a job description process supported by technology - organizations can achieve ongoing job accuracy & clarity - without having to invest thousands of hours of work to get there.

Take these 5 steps to simplify & modernize your job description process so you can maintain hundreds of accurate job descriptions without thousands of hours of work.

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