The Results-Oriented Investor Relations Workplace

Investor relations jobs, whether preparing reports, answering investor questions or analyzing financial transactions, are involved in a lot of detail. When investor relations people are so engrossed in the details of their jobs, it's easy for them, for anyone actually, to lose sight of the job's major contribution.

A Results-Oriented Investor Relations Job Description is different from a traditional job description because it focuses an employee on the several job results that answer the question: What results must this investor relations affairs job accomplish for the organization?

Investor Relations Job Standards added to job expectations tighten management controls by clarifying how well and when results must be accomplished.

Investor Relations Job Objectives establish management and employee plans by highlighting important current and future results needed.

Job-specific Investor Relations Employee Management Forms maintain consistent and legally sound management actions by basing manager-employee interactions on job results.

The Purpose of Investor Relations Jobs

Stated in a results-oriented, three-line style, investor relations affairs jobs--

CREATE INVESTOR INTEREST by

preparing reports and financial press releases; tracking and analyzing the institutional and retail trading of major blocks of stock; communicating and disseminating company investment story and financial information; planning and coordinating visits by security analysts and brokers.

Types of Investor Relations Jobs

Some investor relations jobs develop personal rapport with securities analysts in order to provide information and insights. Other jobs respond to inquiries and requests for investment information. Still other jobs prepare financial reports and publications. Somebody needs to track financial and organization information. And, of course, somebody has to manage and supervise the investor Relations people and processes.

Investor Relations Job Management Tools

Here are actual job examples of how investor relations affairs job actions can be focused on results and kept on track using each of our job management tools:

Results-Oriented Investor Relations Job Descriptions form the foundation of all job management tools. Our uniquely structured job descriptions focus on the result to be accomplished first and prominently, followed by the duties performed in order to accomplish the result. For example,

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Investor Relations Job Standards sharpen employee attention and management control by defining and communicating how well the investor relations affairs results must be accomplished and what benchmarks will be used to measure job results. For example, for the job result above, the job standards might be:

• Investor Relations situations are correctly understood.
• All options are identified and evaluated.
• Investor Relations recommendations are ready when needed.

Investor Relations Job Objectives point the direction for employee actions by focusing job efforts on current and future investor relations affairs issues. Job objectives are written in the three-line, results-oriented structure. For example, for the job result above, a job objective might be:

SPEED-UP DECISION MAKING by

reducing time to deliver investor relations affairs recommendations by 10% by (date).

Investor Relations Employee Management Forms tied specifically to each investor relations affairs job description are more helpful (and legal) than generic forms used for all different kinds of jobs. Job-specific forms are used to state job qualifications, guide job interview questions, orient new employees, plan job training, and appraise job performance.

Investor Relations Job Qualifications are stated in the same terms used in the job description. They are not translated into generic (typically behavioral) terms. For example:

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Investor Relations Job Interview guide questions are inserted directly below each job result in the job description: For example:

• "What specific job responsibilities have you had in this area?"
• "Where did you have these job responsibilities?"
• "When did you have these job responsibilities?"
• "How did you go about accomplishing these responsibilities?"
• "What accomplishment in this area gave you the most pride?"
• "In this area, what were some of your biggest challenges?"
• "How did you overcome the challenges?"

The Investor Relations Job Orientation guide reformats the job description sequence so that job explanations, policies, protocols, processes, and procedures are logical and complete and can easily be checked off. For example:

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

The manager might say: "Here's the procedure and format we use to analyze and present investor relations affairs recommendations."

The Investor Relations Job Training plan guides a thorough examination of actual job knowledge, skills, and abilities as described in the job description that need improvement or that might be enhanced. For example:

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

The manager might say: "Analytical skills would be improved by enrolling in a statistical analysis class."

The Investor Relations Job Performance Appraisal guide is a job-specific form. It is not a universal form used for all jobs. The guide adds an appraisal scale below each job result in the job description so that attention can be drawn to each job requirement and expectation. For example:

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

__ Great! Just want we wanted.
__ We have a problem.
__ Improvement is needed.
__ Much, much more than we asked for.

Comments: _________________

Investor Relations Résumé Template

Potential employers want to know what a job applicant has accomplished in his/her investor relations affairs work career. They don't want to be bored with minor details. Our Résumé Template provides:

• an outline to help assemble personal background information.
• a Results-Oriented Job Description to provide the investor relations affairs job language-focused on results-needed to write an effective résumé.
• Investor Relations Job Objectives to orient thinking in terms of accomplishments.
• instructions on how to use a Results-Oriented Investor Relations Job Description and Investor Relations Job Objectives to express job accomplishments.

Use the investor relations affairs job description responsibility statement as a base:

RECOMMENDS INVESTOR RELATIONS ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Select the investor relations affairs job objective that fits your experience:

REDUCE COSTS 10% by

improving investor relations affairs processes.

Combine the two into a résumé statement:

Reduced costs 10% by analyzing, identifying, and recommending new investor relations affairs system controls.

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National Investor Relations Institute, Mission Statement

Professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, the investing public and the financial community.