In my day to day work, I come across having to do a job analysis in order to re-write job descriptions at least a few times per month. The biggest thing I learned in this course was during week 3 when we learned the steps to doing a constructive job analysis, and being able to use this analysis to create a job description that does not leave out any of the duties, scope of work, or qualifications of the position. The step-by-step of creating a well written job description was amazing and I will be using this in the future.
Job analysis is important where I work because unless I am able to capture all of the duties and scope of work completely, the pay will not be comparable to other entities in our area. We want to have competitive pay and retention in our establishment. We use a salary analysis tool that takes into account scope, qualifications, duties, environment, lifting, and type of work (tools involved? indoor or outdoor? etc.). If I am unable to completely capture these necessary steps, the tools can miscalculate the pay range for the job and our salary for the position will not be competitive in that field of work.
I feel as though my ability to identify subject matter experts and fully execute the job description has improved after taking this course. I would like to be able to refer back to the lectures from week 3 in order to maximize my ability to do a job analysis and update job descriptions regularly.
I have learned a lot in this class and I appreciate the effort our professor has put in to teaching us the ins and outs of the recruit and selection process.
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Hi Mindy- great reflection! I also found the piece about understanding and constructing a job analysis to be super applicable and helpful to my current role. I think this will serve us well in future roles, conducting job analyses and writing descriptions.
Hi Mindy,
Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed reading your post and hearing about your current job experience and how it directly relates to our course concepts. I have not started my full-time job yet, and this post makes me excited to do so. Even with a subject matter expert, I can see how it might be difficult to capture the full spectrum of tasks involved in a job for the job description without missing any that may not be obvious to a new applicant.