Job Descriptions Small firms generally will ignore the fuss and bother of drawing up a job description. Even in large bureaucratic organisations many recruiters will assume that they understand the job and its requirements. Writing job descriptions is time consuming and irrelevant if they are never refered to or used by recruiters or job incumbents.
Recruiters can fail to account for the real demands and pressures of the post.
Requirements, skills and qualities are often presumed wrongly, understated or exaggerated. Irrelevant criteria can be introduced into the recruitment process and selection decisions. In a sense the job and the ideal candidate are modelled. These represent the technical selection criteria for recruitment. Recruitment specialist or agency might provide this analysis and documentary service for clients and perhaps even help the client specify the job role in the first place.