HR Practice For Payroll Practitioners

HR Practice for Payroll Practitioners

How job analysis can be conducted

There are a number of job analysis techniques that can be used to discover the information needed to create a job description, they are:

Observation

This goes back to the old time and motion type activities where the jobholder will be observed doing the job tasks in the workplace. This is done by the jobholder and involves them filling out some form of document that details the activities that are done during the day, week or month. These are prepared questionnaires that can be directed at the jobholder, their supervisor, colleagues or managers to get a 360 perspective on the tasks conducted by the jobholder. This does not sound as high level as you may think. A conference of experts could be a group of employees that know about the job that come together in a meeting to discuss the job. One to one with the jobholder or if there are more than one person doing the same job grouping them together.

Employee diaries or logs

Checklist questionnaires

Conference of experts

One to one or group interviews

Of the five different techniques described above the interview technique is the most commonly used.

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