paraphrase Once an employer identifies a hiring need, it should draft a clear and concise job description that is narrowly tailored to target qualified candidates. As a practical matter, job descriptions are a useful tool for both employers and job applicants because well-crafted descriptions will assist the parties in ensuring that they have a mutual understanding of what the job will entail. This will be helpful at the very beginning of the recruiting process because the job description can be used to frame the appropriate interview questions. In addition, there are a number of other reasons the parties should pay close attention to their job descriptions during the recruiting and hiring processes, and there are a number of reasons why the information contained in the descriptions should continue to be modified as job responsibilities are added, removed, and modified