HRM 500 – Job Description

Assignment 1:
Job Description

Worth 200 points

A new position has been approved for creation; this position will be eligible for full benefits and
may even need to be sent to foreign countries.

You have been given the opportunity to create a detailed job description for your job, a former job,
or a job you would like to move into.

Based on what you know about a job analysis, employment laws, and safe working environments,
include the following categories:

1. Job overview

2. Responsibilities and duties

3. Qualifications

4. Explain how you determined the duties and qualifications for the job and which laws were
considered when creating the job description.

This assignment should be 3 pages and accurately reflect an actual job description in the
workplace today.

NOTE: This assignment will be used as a basis for the remaining assignments in the course. Make
sure you take this into consideration when doing the work for this assignment.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.

 Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.