HRM400: Job Description and Competitive Analysis of Job Boards

This report presents a job description for an Accounting Manager, outlining responsibilities, requirements, and skills needed for the role. It emphasizes the importance of leadership, financial knowledge, and attention to detail. The report then analyzes five internet job boards: Indeed, Glassdoor, Craigslist, Google for Jobs, and Juju, comparing their services and target audiences. Juju is identified as the best fit for the Accounting Manager position due to its wide reach and ability to aggregate job postings from various sources, ensuring a broad pool of potential candidates. The report highlights the significance of a well-defined job description and the strategic selection of job boards for effective recruitment in the finance department. The report also emphasizes the importance of clear and concise communication in job descriptions to attract qualified applicants.

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Job Description
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Institution
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Job Description for an Accounting Manager
The company is seeking an accounting manager that has knowledge and skills that can
help the efficiency and accuracy of the department as well as heading the staff in the accounting
department. The manager will be responsible for participation in all the tasks in the department,
acting as the head of the staff in the department. He or she will also be involved in tracking
financial information, recording financial information, training accounting staff, hiring new staff,
and make sure the department runs smoothly with efficiency. The accounting manager should be
honest and keen on details to make sure they don't miss any financial information in the
company. The manager should have good leadership skills and should be well informed on
financial laws and legislation.
Responsibilities of the Accounting Manager
1. Training and hiring of new accounting staff.
2. Supervising all accounting activities in the department.
4. making sure that all accounting activities in the company are done according to the financial
legislation.
5. Helping other departments in the organization to make sure everything runs smoothly.
Requirements
1. A degree in finance, accounting, or other related fields.
2. They should have experience in the accounting field.

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3. Good skills in leadership
4. Good with handling record-keeping computer soft wares.
5. Able to point out details and analyze data in large amounts.
6. Should be willing to follow the company as well as government regulations.
Internet Job Boards
Job boards are sites and search engines where employers post job opportunities to find
qualified employees to join their organizations (Böhm, 2015). Most job boards focus on one type
of industry, for example, transport or healthcare. Where an employer posts the job is likely to
determine the type of employees they will get and how fast it will take to get employees needed
(Brenčič, 2017). Some sites are popular than others. Popularity often determines how fast you
will get your employees (Thomsen, 2017). Some sites are free, while others have prices for each
post. Some of the most popular job boards on the internet are shown in the table below.
Job Board Information and services

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1. Indeed
2. Glassdoor
3. Craigslist
It is good for job searching. It is one of the most
popular search places for a job. Indeed started as a
search engine for jobs, but now it is much more.
Indeed is a free job board, and most companies
prefer it as it contains all types of job from
executive ones, part-time and full-time jobs.
This is a popular job board as a lot of employers
use it to post jobs daily. It has features such as a
place where you can see the ratings of the employer
and also for employees to leave comments (Mader-
Clark, 2016). This information helps when deciding
where to apply. It covers all types of workers from
executives to part-time workers.
Craigslist is a job board that offers local
employments and freelance jobs. It is mostly used
when one wants to get additional income to
supplement their earnings. Craigslist is free in some
regions and also charges in other regions.

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4. Google for Jobs
5. Juju
Google for Jobs was started in June 2017. Here,
Google compiles a list of all the jobs that have been
posted by employers and companies so that
candidates who type things like "jobs for engineers"
can be provided with that list. An employer or a
company needs to create a site first where they post
all the jobs they need employees for (Pató, 2015). It
takes less than two days for a job to appear on the
site after being posted. Employees keep track of the
viewers through the site they created. One must
create a site in order to post an advert (Downey,
2017).
Juju is a place where applicants can search for jobs
that are posted on several other sites. It compiles a
list of all recent jobs posted by employers so that
the job applicants can access them (Tyler, 2015).
Employers and companies can pay as well to post
their jobs here. In Juju, millions of people seeking
jobs pass through the adverts, making it one of the
most efficient job boards

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Job board best fit for this opportunity
Juju is the best job board that is fit for the Accounting Manager's post. This is because it
has a lot of viewers, and many job seekers pass through it looking for jobs. It contains job
opportunities from all other job boards, and this makes it easier to find a good Accounting
Manager and better. It also ensures that there are a number of candidates to choose from as there
are a lot of viewers (Hellester, 2014).
Conclusion
With the best and detailed job description and a good job board, it will be easy to find an
Accounting Manager who is skilled and has all the requirements needed for this job opportunity.
Filling this vacancy will ensure efficiency as well as the accuracy of the finance department in
the company. Good job description ensures that the ones applying will have good directives to
understand what they are supposed to apply for. The relevant details for the job should be
provided to make sure that there are inconveniences between one type of job to another. There
should be sections in job sections marked with red star meaning that requirements are mandatory
and whoever having no those requirements in that section should not proceed with the
application. One important thing to note about job description is to give the applicant the clear
information and what is required and which job position is vacant. Therefore clear information
should be as well be provided to make sure that no inconveniences arise from the applicants' end.
This can be as well determined by the language used in the application. Complex words used in
the application form or website means the applicants may not understand what is required of

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them to do. It is therefore important to use simple words easy to understand to make sure that the
applicant understands better what he/she is supposed to fill in the job application form.
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