What do you know about Job Analysis, Job Description and Job Specification. Elucidate in detail.
Being an HR expert, how you would conduct Job Analysis
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The main purpose of conducting job analysis is to prepare job description and job specification which would help to hire skilled workforce. Job description is a statement of information about duties and responsibilities of a particular job. whereas job specifications is a statement of information about qualifications, special qualities, skills and knowledge required for an employee to fit for a job. Therefore job analysis enables recruiter/employer to have a deep insight of a job, with that, recruiter can easily track candidates who have required qualifications and qualities to perform a job.
Job Analysis can be used to identify areas where an employee needs training, since job analysis make it clear to understand about core duties and responsibilities of a job. Besides, it provides information to develop suitable training material for a job to be performed by an employee after completion of his training.
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A job description identifies the essential functions of the job and provides information concerning the duties and responsibilities contained in a job. A job specification identifies the minimum acceptable qualifications required for an employee to perform the job adequately.
The steps to conduct a Job Analysis are outlined below:
- Identify the Job(s) to be analyzed.
- Determine the procedures to be used (methods) in collecting job data.
- Implement the job analysis methods.
- Review the data collected through Job Analysis.
- Summarize and document the data collected.
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