When you are applying for a job, one important part of your resume would be what to say about your job description.

First, you should know why a prospective employer wants a job description.

It helps him or her to gauge the scope of your experience, It also helps then assess if you have done the right type of work that you are applying for in their organization.

It also helps them find a complementary role in their organization that will give them a better synergy. Employees would look at how they could use some part or parts of your past experience and perhaps make you build on that so that your efforts could boost their overall team effort.

Next, when an employer has a good idea of what you have accomplished, he or she can better arrive at an appropriate salary for you. Based on your job experience, human resource could group you in salary terms with the correct group in their organization.

There are many more reasons why companies would want a job description. Suffice it to know that in your case, if you know the reasons why they want job descriptions then you could better write an application letter or resume.

Having understood the why’s of a job description, we come to how tow to write the job description. First go through every detail of the job or jobs you have done. Questions like these will come up:

  • How many people were you in charge of?
  • How long did you hold the job?
  • What level of seniority were you in?
  • What on-the-job training did you have? 
  • Did you train anybody?
  • Have you worked overseas?
  • What courses did you take to sharpen your skills?

Once you have listed say 15 items, look at them individually and then group them into categories. The reason is that many would be part of the same function within a job.

When you have grouped your work experience into categories you will then have a collective set of talents - for example - supervisory, managerial, public relations, customer service or even innovations.

That would give you a better appreciation of yourself and your company a better understanding of you.