When looking at writing a job description, there are many different things that need to be taken into consideration to guarantee that it attracts the best travel candidates suitable for the role. You need to sell your travel company and the role itself.
Firstly,
Sounds obvious but the first and most important part of the job description is the title of the role being advertised. The title of the role should precisely reflect the role that the successful applicant will be working to. Following the current title of the role being set, a short, brief and to the point description should be attached so that viewers will get an instant feel of what the role is about.
The part of the job description that viewers will best be able to associate themselves with is the Linkrole’s key responsibilities. Prospective candidates will look for progressive roles based on their previous experience which they will use to relate to the key responsibilities displayed in the job description to decide whether to apply or not. Is good to list between 5 to 10 key responsibilities in present text. This is to enable the candidate’s to be able to visualise performing them better and get a better idea of what a usual day within the role will involve.
Following the key decisions it’s important to specify any qualities expected from candidates for example if there is an expected education level needed. However in today’s world of unfair discrimination this shouldn’t be the defining factor for accepting CV’s. By informing candidates of these benchmarks it helps to lower the amount of inadequate applications. This will also include items such as working locations and where the job is based to ensure that applicants are within a local or commutable distance.
A Better Understanding,
It’s important for candidates to get a good understanding of the company that they’re looking to apply to which is why it’s a good idea to include a brief description on what the company does and what it’s about.
An outline of what salary and benefits the candidate is to expect should also be included within the job description. With this there should also be some contact details so that prospective candidates can ask questions regarding the role or aspects advertised.
Finally,
After composing the job description, take some time to re-read it and make sure its appealing to the eye. Using bullet points to list parts of the job description can make it easier for viewers to skim read through and see if it’s anything that they would be interested in applying to.
Using direct language and avoiding words such as ‘sometimes’ and ‘possibly’ informs the firm idea to the viewer that you know what you’re looking for and what you expect.
Be sure to communicate over the companies ‘personality’. Every travel company is unique and has a different ways and manners to which they work. Aim to write the travel job description using ways and words that will best portray the ethos of the organisation. Then ask yourself would I want to work for this travel company?
