--- title: "Where Can I Find My Job Description?" description: "[NewSearch millions of jobs from your AI agent with MCP→](/blog/jobspipe-mcp-server)" canonical: https://jobspipe.dev/blog/where-can-i-find-my-job-description last_updated: 2026-09-10 --- [NewSearch millions of jobs from your AI agent with MCP→](/blog/jobspipe-mcp-server) [All posts](/blog) ![](/listly/card-field.png) GuideDescription Guide·Sep 9, 2026·3 min read # Where Can I Find My Job Description? Where can I find my job description? Check the HR system, your offer letter and the original posting, and recover the posting if it has expired. ![Dvir Atias](/authors/dvir-atias.jpg) Dvir Atias Founder, JobsPipe Where can I find my job description? Start with your employer: the HR or HRIS portal, your offer letter or contract, and your manager. If none of those holds one, the original job posting is the closest public record, and an expired posting can often be recovered from a web archive or a jobs dataset that keeps closed postings. ## Where to find your job description, in order 1. **Check the HR system.** Workday, BambooHR, Rippling and similar systems often attach a job profile to each position. Look under your own profile or job details; the description may sit on the position rather than on you. 2. **Read your offer letter and contract.** Many offer letters summarise duties or reference a job description by title. In the UK, employers must give a written statement of particulars that includes the job title or a brief description of the work, and several other countries have similar rules. Check yours. 3. **Ask your manager or HR.** The requisition you were hired against is usually filed with recruiting. Ask for the version your offer was based on, and ask whether it has been revised since. 4. **Find the original posting.** Start with the company careers page. Postings hosted on an applicant tracking system are sometimes still reachable by their original URL after closing, and search engine caches and the Wayback Machine hold copies of many more. The full recovery method is in [how to find expired job postings](/blog/find-expired-job-postings). 5. **Use a jobs dataset.** JobsPipe keeps a posting after it closes, with `status` set to closed and a `closed_at` date, so a query by company and title with `status` set to any returns the posting text even when the board has removed it. How long postings stay reachable on each board is in [job posting lifespan](/job-posting-lifespan). 6. **Compare with live postings for your title.** Other employers’ postings for the same role are the fastest way to see whether your duties, level and pay are typical. That is useful before a review, a title change or a pay conversation. If your employer never wrote one, write it yourself. List the responsibilities you actually hold and the recurring duties that serve them, keep it to a page, and ask your manager to sign off. Once agreed it becomes the record both sides rely on, and it is the document a performance review or an accommodation request will be judged against. What a good one contains is in [what is a job description](/answers/what-is-a-job-description). ## Where JobsPipe fits JobsPipe is a jobs data API that collects live postings from LinkedIn, Indeed, Y Combinator, Naukri, Workday, Greenhouse, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Ashby, Lever and Paylocity, returns them as one schema with closure tracking and a ghost score, and includes a free tier of 1,000 jobs a month. To recover the posting you applied to, query by employer and title with closed postings included: ``` curl -X POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/jobs/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $JOBSPIPE_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "company_name_or": ["Example Corp"], "job_title_or": ["customer success manager"], "status": "any", "limit": 20 }' ``` Each row returns `date_posted`, `discovered_at`, `last_seen_at` and the description as the board published it. Drop the company filter to compare your role against live postings for the same title elsewhere. Recover the posting you were hired against - 1,000 jobs a month free. ![](/listly/shape-heart.png) FAQs ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What if my employer never gave me a job description? Write one yourself. List the responsibilities you hold and the recurring duties that serve them, keep it to a page, and ask your manager to agree it in writing. Once both sides accept it, that document becomes the record used in reviews, accommodation requests and disputes, which is exactly why it is worth having. ### Can I use the original job posting as my job description? As a starting point, yes. The posting is the employer's public statement of the role at the time you were hired, and it usually contains the responsibilities and requirements. It may omit internal details or have drifted from the actual job, so confirm it with your manager before relying on it. ### How do I find similar postings to compare my role? Search live postings for your title. On JobsPipe, a request to POST /v1/jobs/search with job\_title\_or set to your title and job\_country\_code\_or for your market returns current postings with their descriptions, seniority and any stated salary, so you can see how other employers define the same role. ### Can I recover a job posting that has expired? Often. Try the original URL, a search engine cache and the Wayback Machine first. JobsPipe keeps closed postings with status set to closed and a closed\_at date, so a query by company and title with status set to any returns the text even after the board has removed it. [ ← Previous What Are Job Duties and Responsibilities? ](/blog/what-are-job-duties-and-responsibilities)[ Next → Are Job Descriptions Required by Law? ](/blog/are-job-descriptions-required-by-law) --- Canonical URL: https://jobspipe.dev/blog/where-can-i-find-my-job-description Title: Where Can I Find My Job Description? Description: Where can I find my job description? Check the HR system, your offer letter and the original posting, and recover the posting if it has expired. --- AI agents: the full machine-readable index of this site is https://jobspipe.dev/llms.txt?src=md-twin - API quickstart, no-key sandbox (POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search), MCP server, pricing. Free key: https://jobspipe.dev/signup