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Have a question? Submit it here. Question: Soon after being hired, I found my duties slightly out of line with my job description. After eight months on the job, my day-to-day responsibilities are ...
Small businesses often have a harder time attracting and hiring the best employees for specific jobs when they write traditional task-focused job descriptions in their want ads. Competency-based ...
In a résumé workshop with a group of Ph.D. students, I shared a job description for a position for which they were qualified. The students had participated in an advanced pedagogy program at my ...
As President-elect Donald Trump’s administration prepares to take over Washington, some federal employees are quietly changing the language of job descriptions and performance reviews in an ...
With 53% of workers reporting experiences of “bait-and-switch” tactics, it’s clear that discrepancies between advertised job descriptions and actual responsibilities are a common issue.
In today’s dynamic and competitive job market, a job description should be more than a mere checklist of responsibilities and qualifications. Employers are recognising the need to create more ...
While all this innovation is underway, consistency and inclusiveness within job descriptions continue to be a challenge and are often overlooked. Generative AI can help ensure that job postings ...
We’ve become a nation of job hustlers. People only stay at jobs an average of just over four years these days—and that drops to just under three years if you’re a millennial or younger.
Still, overall, Textio found that about 1 in 3 job descriptions mention diversity, and only 1 in 5 mention inclusion. Even less than that mention equity. Snyder notes both an increase in media ...