Job description breakdown worksheet
One row per requirement in the employer's words, its kind (essential, desirable or unclear), your evidence, a status and where the evidence will go (resume bullet, letter or interview). The Word version adds sections for the employer's recurring vocabulary, what to put first on the tailored resume and how to handle gaps. The browser tool fills the same table automatically from pasted text.
Direct downloads: no account, email address or payment. Formats: Word, CSV.
What is inside
- Role header: title, employer, closing date, source.
- Five requirement blocks with kind, evidence and status.
- Employer vocabulary, what goes first on the resume, and gaps and how to handle them.
How to use it
- Copy requirements in the employer's own words; readers recognise them.
- Write the example you would give if asked; a blank shows a gap honestly.
- Decide what the tailored resume must show first from the evidenced essentials.
- For essential gaps, decide consciously: address honestly, learn, or do not apply.
Why it is built this way
- The 'where it goes' column stops evidence being lost between resume, letter and interview.
- Gaps have their own section because deciding what to do about them is the point of the exercise.
Accessibility
The Word file uses true heading styles, a single column and real text only: no tables, text boxes or images carry meaning, so screen readers and parsers follow the same structure a sighted reader sees. Guidance notes are plain text in grey italics and are meant to be deleted. This page summarises what the file contains. The CSV holds the table columns only.
Browser tools that work with it
Keep going
- Job description analysis guide
- Supporting statements against a person specification
- Do the breakdown automatically in the browser
- Also: STAR answer worksheet
- Also: Skills inventory workbook
- Also: Job offer comparison workbook
Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.