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Elements of a Good Job Description
A full job description written as an example, from company overview to must haves, so you can see the shape of each section before you write your own.
Elements of a Good Job Description
A full job description written as an example, from company overview to must haves, so you can see the shape of each section before you write your own.
This is one worked example: a job description with every element in place, written for a placeholder company. Use its shape and fill in your own company, role and requirements.
- Overview
- ABC Medical, ranked Fortune’s #53 on 2019’s “best employers to work for” list, is a market leader in the soft tissue repair space. Our mission is to deliver healing, together with our customers, to help our patients live healthier lives. We're headquartered in Nashville, TN, and have approx. 5,000 employees. We're publicly traded, and our 2017 revenues exceeded $XYZ.
- Career Opportunity
- We're on the hunt for a full time, Territory Sales Manager based out of South Texas (candidates can live in Corpus Christi, McAllen, or Brownsville).
- Core Responsibilities
- TSMs have full autonomy over their assigned geography. They're charged with driving market share growth, achieving company goals, & representing ABC Medical with excellence to their patients, customers & co-workers.
- Core Values
- The most important characteristic of a TSM, is sharing our passion for science and the impact that improved outcomes can have on patients & their families. Our motto is “Patients First”.
- Definition of Success
- TSM’s are excellent at influencing decision makers at all levels (surgeons, clinicians & c-suites). They leverage their deep knowledge of soft tissue repair combined with their understanding of the competitive landscape and health care payer environment, to help their customers make the best possible treatment decisions.
- Must Haves
- 4 year degree. Clean driving record. 2+ years of successful outside sales in either specialty sales, surgical, device or biotechnology.
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Compensation and Benefits List
The compensation and benefits details worth having ready before a search launches, from base range and incentive comp to relocation, equity and promotion rates, with a note on when to share them.
Top 10 Time Wasters List
Ten habits that stall a search, from incomplete job details to ghosting candidates and waiting for the perfect one. Read it before you start your next search.
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