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Better Job Descriptions, Better Performance

Tony Bass from Super Lawn Technologies talks about how writing clearer, more effective job descriptions will help you get more performance out of your employees.

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Gregg Wartgow
Jul 7, 2009
Super Lawn Technologies

In this installment of "The Bottom Line with Tony Bass," we talk about how writing clearer, more effective job descriptions will help you get more performance out of your employees.


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