Understanding O*NET and Job Specification for Advertising and Promotions Manager

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O*NET:
O*NET or the Occupational Information Network is a system which provides online
database without any cost to the employers, businesses and job seekers for understanding
opportunities in today’s world in United States. It was set up in 1990s through a sponsorship
of USDOL/ETA (US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration). The
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) started in 1930s, constructed a link between the
demand and supply side of employment. DOT developed an understanding about the current
situation of the jobs that today’s economic structure is qualitative contrasting to the jobs in
old economy. The characteristics of DOT became obsolete, which gave birth to the free
online database O*NET which was designed to present a general overview of the job
specifications required for an occupation. O*NET helps the job seekers for developing a job
descriptions with ease (Breaugh, 2017). The O*NET offers the provision of understanding
the criteria and qualification required for a job and classifies the available job profiles based
on the specifications of a job seekers. O*NET is also designed to communicate the level of
improvement or training required for a high category job role (Noe, 2017). O*NET promotes
the training and recruitment goals and helps in constructing competitive compensation
structure.
Job Specification of a dream Job:
https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-2011.00
The URL mentioned above have the job specification/ job summary for the position of
Advertising and Promotions Manager.
Job Match: