What is the difference between job description and job specification?

Answer 1

Job description is basically the list of responsibilities, reporting relationships, working conditions and supervisory responsibilities of the job. Whereas, job specification is related to the 'human requirements' like education, skills and personality aspects required for a job.

Let us take an example of a hotel receptionist. The job description of a hotel receptionist will include the duties required to be performed by the receptionist, like

· Meeting, greeting, and welcoming visitors.

· Entering visitors details into the visitors log book.

· Assist visitors fill out visitors pass, and issuing of visitors pass.

· Allocating rooms to guests.

· Taking and passing on messages.

While the job specification of the receptionist will include the human skills required

for the job, like

· A friendly, descent, attractive and professional appearance.

· Confident personality.

· A welcoming, friendly and helpful attitude.

· A calm, efficient manner.

· To enjoy dealing with people.

· Excellent communication skills.

Answer 2

What are the different between Job description and Job specification?

Job description tells about the responsibilities to be done by the new employment but Job specification tells the requirement to fulfill the target or easy to achieve.

For example, one of the universities in Bangkok needs a management lecturer to give a lecture to management's student and do whatever the boss asks. The new lecturer must be qualified to be a management lecturer and have at least 10 years past experience of teaching management at university level in English.

Job description is all about execution of duties while job specification is all about the education and qualification of the employee before his recruitment. Suppose an organization wants to recruit a data entry operator.

Then the organization will give an advertisement that a position of male Data entry operator is lying vacant with World Vision Organization, a candidate is required who is MA in computer scienece and have at least 5 years experience in the data entry system and efficient in MS excel and MS office. He should be between 30 - 35 years.

He should have good command in written and verbal English. He should be able to keep good liaison with his supervisors and collateral partners. He should be able to work for 10 hours a day and for 7 days a week.

In this example MA and experience in MS Excel and MS office is Job Specification while the other qualities and demands like 7 days a week, and keeping liaizon with colleagues; required for running the job is his job description.

Answer 3

Job description typically refers to what the job is(title of the job, responsibilities of the job,location of the job, type of job (part time/full time etc.) and what is the requirements from a candidate in terms of the job etc. Advertisement refers to the process of seeking candidates for the job using sources which will be looked at by many people. for example newspapers, web sites etc

Answer 4

Job Description is What the job entails.
Job Specification is An area of expertise.

Example:
Job Description: "Designing Offices in a manor to promote productivity"
Job Specification: "Interior Designer-Office Efficiency"

Answer 5

According to eHow, a job profile is an outline, a high-level overview of a position. It provides only general information about a particular position. In contrast, a job description is a written statement which includes the working conditions, scope, purpose, duties and responsibilities of a job along with the title of the individual to whom the position reports.

Answer 6

There are reasons for good job descriptions from the point of view of the employer and from the point of view of the employee. From the employer's point of view, a good job description makes very clear what is expected from the worker. If the worker does not perform in accordance with the requirements of the description, the employer can take steps to ask the worker to leave the job. This would protect the employer from claims of discrimination or favoritism or unfair work practices as the basis of the job termination. For the worker, the good job description is also a type of protection. If the employer asks the worker to perform duties that are not on the description, the worker can point out the fact that he or she was not hired to do that work. While he or she might still be asked to do the work, the employer would have a lot of explain if he or she wanted to fire that worker for not doing the job correctly if the tasks were not listed in the job description.

The job description can also help eliminate misunderstandings on the part of both the employer and the employee. A good job description is written with the idea that both parties can refer to the job description when there is a question about the required duties of the job.

Answer 7

Job Specifications, or Job Specs., are details and descriptions about a job that serve as a thumbnail view of the job.

Answer 8

nothing. the job role desribes the job