1. Outline what the crucial differences are between a job description and a job specification. agency that has an established presence in the northern Ontario market. Heis looking to expand its service offer-ings to include consulting services to small businesses. A recent marketing blitz advertising this new service has led to a new partnership with alarge local manufactur-ing business.

After the meeting with the owner of the manufactur-ing business, the mandate is clear that the owner is seek-ing the agencys assistance in creating and writing job descriptions for all of the positions within the company.

Some of these positions include administrative assistants, sales, engineering, and skilled trades, along with many others. There are morethan 100 descriptions to write. The owner wouldlike to see a sample job description within one week before he signs the contract to complete the remainder ofthe job descriptions.