Difference between Job description and Job specification...

Job Description: A job description is one such document that is designed and drafted in the human resource department. It contains detailed information about the various aspects of the employee’s job like his duties, responsibilities assigned, the goals and objectives that he is expected to accomplish, the skills and qualifications he needs to have to positively contribute towards the company, the chain of command of his appointment and other such related data and details.

Job Specification: Job specification is blue print for the recruitment and selection process. Thus, job specification has to be drafted very carefully. The HR manager working on job specification should have vision to collect the information about the ideal candidate for the job. There are four components of job specification: Educational qualification, experience, skills and knowledge, characteristics and personality traits.