Final Project

1. Select a job (a customer-facing job would be good) and use that job for your analysis.
2. Conduct background research (e.g., O*NET) on the job
3. Determine

• The purpose of the job (value it provides to company)
• the major job tasks/functions
• the importance of the major job functions (percentages)
• KSAOs for each function
• the unique rewards, and demands of the position
• the job specifications

Paper

1. Use the template and complete the job description (BELOW)
   • Job Title and company of the interviewee
   • Purpose
   • Job functions (with weights) and two most important tasks for each function
   • List the most important KSAOs
   • List the demands, specifications, and rewards

TEMPLATE:

Job Description

Job Title

Company

Purpose

Job Functions %

Job Requirements

Demands

Specifications

Rewards

Helpful Hints

Task Statement (A task statement is a concise description of a discrete activity, performed to produce a specific product or service on a job)

A task statement should include:

• What the employee does, using action verbs
• What is produced, indicating the expected output of the verb
• What equipment, materials, tools, or procedures, are used incurring out the task

A task statement should be sufficiently detailed to enable SMEs to judge the importance of the task and the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the task. Task statements provide the foundation for the Job Requirements Job Analysis and establishes the job relatedness (legal defensiveness) of any HR process developed using this procedure

Determining Job Tasks

Routine Job

First you need to write task statements capturing all of the major job activities. Second, you need to sort the tasks statement into 4 or 5 major job functions. This is done by grouping task statements into groups and attaching a name to each grouping (i.e., function). You should try to create 4 to 6 reasonably independent functions for each job. A retranslation exercise can demonstrate the accuracy of the grouping.

Collect additional information to determine importance of functions, job requirements, demands, specifications and rewards.