Write More Effective Job Descriptions
Are your job descriptions a confusing maze of different formats and outdated information? Does updating and standardizing them feel like herding cats?
Taking a skills-based approach to writing job descriptions can provide the rigor and consistency you need. This method streamlines the process of updating your organization’s job architecture and serves as a solid foundation for a successful talent management strategy. With clear, skills-focused job descriptions, you can more effectively attract, evaluate and manage talent, ensuring alignment with your organization’s goals and needs.
Did you know?
More than half of job seekers are influenced by the quality of a job description in their decision to apply. (Indeed, 2021)
42% of employers had to revise their job descriptions because they were attracting the wrong candidates. (Indeed, 2021)
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Attracting the right person for the job starts with the right job description.
Lexonis Skills-Based Job Descriptions Are a Model For Successful Job Performance
The quality of a job description plays a pivotal role in attracting the right candidates. When job descriptions are vague or outdated, they can attract unsuitable candidates, leading to the need for frequent revisions.
Furthermore, with skill profiles at their core, skills-based job descriptions set the stage for improved performance, engagement and a robust talent management strategy.
- For employees, they establish what is required of them, how their contributions align with organizational goals and provide a roadmap for development and career progression.
- For managers, they provide tangible, measurable criteria to assess, manage and improve performance.
- For the HR team, they set the foundation for talent management.
Transform your job descriptions with ease. A skills-centric approach to sourcing, identifying, attracting and retaining talent.
Accelerate Your Journey To Skills-Based Job Descriptions
With the help of Lexonis’ skills frameworks, job profile libraries and AI-enabled platform you can:
- Standardize Skills Language: Establish a consistent organizational language for skill definitions and proficiency levels using a comprehensive skills taxonomy.
- Jumpstart Creation: Accelerate the job description creation process by starting with thousands of ready-to-use job profile templates.
- Simplify Stakeholder Feedback: Capture expert review and feedback with user-friendly interfaces, making it easier to get stakeholder buy-in and refine job descriptions.
- Stay Up-To-Date With AI: Use AI to create new skill definitions and job profiles while keeping your existing ones up-to-date; ensuring that they evolve with industry trends as well as organizational needs.
The Lexonis difference – thousands of competency definitions with proficiency levels as well as job families and skills-based job profile templates, and the most advanced AI-powered platform.
Calibrate Skills Across Roles
Built on a foundation of almost 30 years experience in talent optimization, the Lexonis team provide you with the tools and insights needed to:
- Ensure Consistency: Standardize job descriptions across your organization with a unified skills framework.
- Leverage AI: Utilize AI-powered tools to speed up the process of continuous improvement and alignment with industry trends
- Enhance Talent Management: Drive effective talent management with precise and up-to-date skills-based job profiles that meet organizational needs.
Define. Align. Attract.
Perfect your job descriptions with skills-based precision.
FAQs
What are skills-based job descriptions, and why are they important?
Skills-based job descriptions focus on the specific skills and competencies that are required for successful performance in a role, rather than just listing duties and qualifications. This approach clarifies expectations, development needs, career opportunities and attracts the right candidates while aligning job requirements with the organization’s strategy.
How can Lexonis help in creating standardized job descriptions across our organization?
Lexonis provides a number of job and skill libraries that streamline the creation of standardized job descriptions through the use of templates. In addition, our AI-powered platform ensures consistency in the creation of new job profiles and skill definitions with proficiency levels, making it easier to maintain uniformity across all roles.
How do Lexonis AI-powered tools enhance the job description creation process?
AI-powered tools assist by generating job descriptions from new based on detailed skill definitions and job templates. They facilitate rapid creation, ensure adherence to the organization’s existing definitions and allow for regular updates, keeping job descriptions relevant and accurate.
What are the benefits of including skills framework in job descriptions?
A skills framework offers a structured approach to defining and categorizing the skills and competencies for each role. This clarity helps in matching job descriptions with organizational goals, improving recruitment accuracy, setting clear performance expectations, identifying skill gaps and opportunities for career development. At an organizational level, a skills-based approach can help to identify areas of operational risk, learning and development activities and workforce planning.
How can improved job descriptions impact our recruitment and employee retention?
Well-crafted skills-based job descriptions help to identify more qualified candidates by clearly outlining specific skills and role requirements . They also contribute to better employee engagement by supporting clear career opportunities and personal development, which have been proven to enhance retention rates and reduce turnover.
