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Ideal Job Posts

Ideal Job Posts

A manager of mine once encouraged me to write up what my ideal job would look like. At the time I was spending a lot of time learning about resilience engineering and working as a discover engineer. Writing up the document (Ideal Job Posting) really helped solidify what I wanted from my career.

How to write an ideal job post

  1. Start by writing down what the name of you "ideal job" is. Naming things helps us define them! Don't worry, you can always change this
  2. Next write down a description of what this job does and why it exists.
  3. Write down a bit about what this role thinks about. What things are important parts of the job?
  4. Add a couple of the "artifacts" this role will produce. What tangible things (code, documentation, team productivity, etc) come about as a result of this role working properly?
  5. Write down what this role would be doing on any given day.
  6. Finally, write down a few of the outcomes of this role being created. How will the company/team be improved because this role exists?