Job Analysis: Method Every HR Professional Needs To Know

Organizations often fail to identify the actual requirement of people and right fit for the right job due to lack of proper job analysis. A job analysis identifies all duties and tasks that make up a single job function or role. Task analysis further breaks these tasks into the actual steps of performance. During these analysis, considering competencies—the behaviors and attitudes of high performers—helps determine keys to success. For some purposes, a job analysis provides all the needed information, but in other cases a task analysis is necessary to learn what an employee does at the most granular level. Job analysis is the process of studying a job to determine which activities and responsibilities it includes, its relative importance to other jobs, the qualifications necessary for performance of the job and the conditions under which the work is performed. The objective of this online course is to give a holistic idea of job analysis. Upon completion of this course, learners will become to know of the process of conducting job analysis. It will help to know how to conduct a job analysis, what modern tools are used for job analysis, problems, advantages and disadvantages of job analysis, and how job analysis data help in the hiring process.