{"id":5094,"date":"2026-07-23T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/?p=5094"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:59:34","slug":"vad-en-bra-kravprofil-faktiskt-innehaller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/vad-en-bra-kravprofil-faktiskt-innehaller\/","title":{"rendered":"What a good job profile actually contains."},"content":{"rendered":"
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En kravprofil<\/a> \u00e4r inte en annons. Det \u00e4r inte heller en lista \u00f6ver allt man \u00f6nskar att den ideala kandidaten ska ha. Det \u00e4r ett strategiskt dokument som definierar vad rollen faktiskt kr\u00e4ver \u2013 och som avg\u00f6r om hela rekryteringsprocessen h\u00e5ller r\u00e4tt riktning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my experience, a poorly developed job profile is the most common reason recruitments go wrong. Not flawed interview techniques or a weak job advert \u2014 but never having clearly established what you are looking for in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is often missing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most job profiles are written backwards. They describe who has held the role previously rather than who is needed next. Or they use formulations so generic \u2014 \u2018strong communicator\u2019, \u2018results-driven\u2019, \u2018comfortable in a changing environment\u2019 \u2014 that they say nothing of practical value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good job profile also sets clear priorities. Not all requirements are equally important. What is absolutely necessary from day one? What can be learned on the job? What is desirable but not critical? That distinction is difficult to make, but it is fundamental to a sound selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a considered job profile contains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A description of what the role should have achieved within twelve months \u2014 concrete and measurable, not a list of areas of responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En analys av den kontext personen kliver in i. Vilken fas befinner sig bolaget i? Vilka utmaningar v\u00e4ntar? Vilket leadership<\/a> kr\u00e4ver situationen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A clear distinction between essential requirements and desirable ones \u2014 ideally ranked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A description of the type of person who tends to thrive and succeed in the organization\u2019s culture. This is not about cloning existing employees, but about being honest about what the environment actually demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investment that always pays off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking half a day to work through the job profile properly \u2014 ideally with someone who asks the difficult questions \u2014 is one of the best investments you can make in recruitment. It saves time, reduces the risk of a poor hire, and makes the entire process more focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also the first thing I do when I take on a recruitment assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts, questions, or simply want to talk something through \u2014 feel free to get in touch. I am happy to have an initial conversation with no agenda.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magdalena Hagstr\u00f6m St\u00e5hl
By M Consulting AB

Right person. Right place. Everything changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A role profile isn't a wish list. It's a strategic document that determines whether the recruitment succeeds or fails before it's even begun.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rekrytering","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}