Job Description Effectiveness Survey

Human Resources is looking into our current job description format and process. You have been identified as having used or worked with a job description recently. We invite you to fill out this short survey to help us understand what works for you and what doesn’t.

To what degree do the following, current, job description and processes meet your needs?

	Very Dissatisfied	Not Satisfied	Neutral	Satisfied	Very Satisfied	N/A
The format What changes would be helpful? What changes would be helpful?

The content What changes would be helpful? What changes would be helpful?

The rating process What changes would be helpful? What changes would be helpful?

Job Description Template

Which job description categories do you find most useful?

Who do you think should be involved in the job description writing and evaluation process?

Did you add an “other” in the question above? Please include the functional area or individual here.

Currently, our job description format primarily determines eligibility for a position based on qualifications such as education and experience.

An alternative to our current job description format would be to develop a competency based description which emphasizes competencies, instead of education and experience. The description would focus on knowledge, skills, abilities, personal characteristics and other “worker-based” factors used to define essential functions of the job.

Should education and experience be required to properly gauge qualified candidates?

Yes

No

Could education and experience requirements be replaced with job specific competencies?

Yes

No

Please share additional comments regarding your overall opinion about the current job description format and process, and changes you feel need to be included to make them a more effective tool?