Write a job description for your “dream position.” Include the following:
■ Position title.
■ Position description including tasks, special requirements.
■ Location.
■ Work hours.
■ Working conditions (for example, office space, scheduling, amount of supervision).
■ Company culture.
■ Pay.
■ Experience and education requirements.
■ Personal competencies (for example, ability to communicate, work in teams, problem solve, etc.).
■ Amount of travel.
■ Social, political, and ethical issues that may be involved.
■ Opportunities for on-the-job learning and personal growth. In small groups, share your descriptions. Did you get some ideas from the dream jobs of other students?
Write a job description for your “dream position.” Be sure to include the information in the bullet points (ignore the small group part). Feel free to explore postings on indeed.com, monster.com, or another job posting website to get a sense for typical format and content, but the sky’s the limit for your dream position.
Expert Answer
Position Title – “Vice President – Operations”
Position description –
- Being a part of the strategic team, and create the organization’s overall vision, mission, values, beliefs, and strategic goals.
- Leading, guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of other executive leaders including assistant vice presidents, senior directors, and managers.
- Formulating and implementing the strategic plan that guides the direction of the business, in addition to developing the operations strategic plan
- Achieving the organization’s overall strategic goals and contributing to the sales and profitability requirements of the business as determined by the strategic plans.
- Evaluating the success of the organization. Does the organization achieve the overall success that was budgeted for, planned for, and strategically aimed to accomplish.
- Seeking to stay in tune with any opportunities that the organization can leverage.
Location – United States of America
Working hours – Flexible
Working conditions – Good office space, and cool staff, yet hardworking staff
Company culture – Company should give equal opportunities to men and women. No gender bias or no bias based on the background, like whites and non-whites should have equal opportunities. No racial differentiation. Company should have anti-discrimination policy.
Pay – Should be equal to CEO of the company.
Experience and education requirements – Has an experience of more than 15 years in the operations management. The highest degree is post-graduation.
Personal competencies – A good leader
Amount of travel – As much as possible. Traveling teaches a lot of things.
Opportunities on Job – Should be able to become a board of director, or a Chief Executive officer.