Okuzeka
Human Resources vocabulary · Recruitment & Hiring

Job description

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCore term

In human resources, job description means: A document that explains the purpose of a job, its main duties and responsibilities, and the skills and experience the person needs.

In Turkish: iş tanımı, görev tanımı

How it is used

Written by HR and the hiring manager before a job is advertised and often attached to the employment contract. People shorten it to JD. It is also used later in performance reviews and pay decisions.

Example sentences

  1. Can you update the job description before we post the role? Half of these duties belong to the old team.

  2. Managing suppliers isn't in my job description, but I've been doing it for a year.

Common collocations

  • write a job description
  • update the job description
  • detailed job description
  • in your job description
  • job postingAn advertisement for a job, published on a company's careers page, job boards or social media, that invites people to apply.
  • job titleThe name of a person's job, such as Payroll Specialist or HR Manager, which shows their role and often their level in the organisation.
  • vacancyA job in an organisation that is available because nobody is doing it at the moment, so the company is looking for someone to fill it.
  • employment contractA legal agreement between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, working hours, holidays and other terms of work.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

More terms: Recruitment & Hiring

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: