Are Job Descriptions redundant

Are Job descriptions awash with the last centuries thinking and redundant? 

We need to embrace the future of work... how?

Does “a job description”.... stifle innovation, put you in a box and does not let you grow and innovate ?

A job description is great for systems to work and scale .....there is a  need for a “job description” - for a machine ..... 

if your job is defined as a job description.... by definition it can be .... and indeed will be...replaced by a machine.....

So...... how should a job ad be framed in the future of work? 

Leading sales recruiter, James Michael - talks about the need to  focus more on the outcomes that will be delivered vs how those  outcomes will be delivered.... 

What are the “smart” deliverables or goals that people are looking to be achieved? 

Will people be looking for core competencies .... what are your  human traits? 

You will need to have the basic competencies to do the job ..... write code, project management, accounting and analytical skills, be a doctor, architect, engineer etc  ....... 

you will continually need to learn how to learn, upskill, reskill, learn new ways to code, write up books, use technology .

Who have you worked for in the past?.... what skills have you acquired along your journey? ....

What skills do you still want to acquire on your journey? ....

You will need to get on with the team.... what is your psychological/disc profile ? 

Imagine 

Imagine if you had this all in a digital wallet- that could be searched for .... that you can seamlessly be connected to the ideal opportunity ! 

How cool would that be for you? 

How cool would that be for the “sponsor” 

#futureofwork 

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