The importance of detailed Job Descriptions

Written By Thralea .

Complete and accurate job descriptions for each position in your restaurant are not only good practice, they are a necessity. Job descriptions serve as the foundation of all personnel activities.

Well-developed job descriptions provide the framework for creating effective employment assessments, such as interviews. They also help your employees to understand their duties, responsibilities, and what is expected of them, and serve as a benchmark with which to evaluate employee performance.

These job descriptions are designed to serve as templates for many of the positions found in full-service restaurants. It's important for your job descriptions to accurately represent the unique roles, responsibilities, and results desired for each position in your restaurant.

Therefore, we suggest you use the job descriptions on our site as a template or starting point to develop customized descriptions of your positions.

Summary of Features & Benefits:

  • Provide a brief Summary of the job

  • Job Functions & Responsibilities

  • Essential Skills & Experience

  • Expected Results & Performance

  • Work Environment

  • Physical Demands

  • Benefits

  • Salary Range

*Work Environment and Physical Demands are more for the legality of the job. The Benefits and Salary Range are a must when posting the job online.

Two key points to remember when creating a job description is to include who this person is reporting to and the FLSA Status (exempt and non-exempt)

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) is best known as the law determining the exempt or non-exempt status of jobs and overtime requirements. The law covers minimum wage, overtime pay, hours worked, record keeping, and youth employment standards for employees both in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

The Fair Labor Standards Act is administered by the Wage and Hour Division under the Department of Labor (DOL).

Job Posting

Crafting a compelling job description is essential to helping you attract the most qualified candidates for your job when posting on a job site and a detailed job description can help your jobs stand out from the rest. Your job descriptions are where you start marketing your company and your job to your future hire.

The key to writing effective job descriptions is to find the perfect balance between providing enough detail so candidates understand the role and your company while keeping your description concise.

Job descriptions define the role you are trying to fill when recruiting. They allow you to accurately describe to an applicant the details of a position before they are hired so they have a realistic preview of what the job entails and what they need to do to become a successful employee in your restaurant.

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