Now that you have a good idea of how to explain what your organization has to offer to a potential recruit, you want to spend some time on designing a role description.

A great role description includes a list of duties the individual will need to carry out on a day-to-day basis, the skills you want the ideal candidate to have, and the personal attributes you look for in a candidate. The advice here again is to keep it as real as possible, as overselling or underselling may lead to a bad role fit and wasted recruitment time.

The starting point of a job advert is either the organization description or the role description. If the job advert starts with the role description, the organizational description and any references to packages should follow. In any case, you need both elements for a great job description.

The following are the elements essential in creating a good role description: