Job and Candidate Profiling, Starting With the End in Mind

Posted on January 3, 2008
Filed Under Research

Good job-, performance - and candidate profiles are at the center of legally defensible and effective recruiting, performance management, employee development and succession planning. Here are links to some useful resources to get you started…

Job Analysis [HR Guide to the Internet]: An overview that points out that the concept of a job analysis is an analysis of the job and not the person. [Also see: Job Analysis: Tips and FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions and Job Analysis: Job Descriptions]
Job Analysis [ChangingMinds.org] Compares work-oriented and worker-orientated methods pointing out possible problems. Details various methods for getting the job done — literally and figuratively!
Job Analysis Tools [Office of Personnel Management] Definitions, methodologies, sample forms and more… [PDF/Adobe Acrobat]
The Occupational Information Network [O*NET] A database of occupational requirements and worker attributes describing occupations and typical work settings. [See also the O*NET Resource Center]
Performing a Job, Task, Content or Goal Analysis Worksheets [National Employee Development Center] Overview of the process and sample forms covering job analysis, task analysis, and content analysis.
Competency based Job Analysis [CiteMan Network] An explanation of why and how to describe a job in terms of the measurable, observable, behavioral competencies — knowledge, skills and/or behaviors — that should be exhibited to do the job well.
Job Analysis Resources [RJ Harvey, Virginia Tech] A personal collection of resources including presentations given to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Is Job Analysis Doing the Job? Extending Job Analysis with Cognitive Task Analysis [Rosemarie Reynolds and Michael T. Brannick, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology] An overview that discusses how the changing nature of work and working in the post-industrial information age may affect job analysis.
Using Performance Profiles to Improve Recruiter Effectiveness [Lou Adler, ERE] A two-part explanation of performance profiles making the distinctions between documenting what it takes to be successful and writing a job description.
Building a Solid Foundation [Dr. Charles Handler, ERE] A two-part article with practical information for building performance profiles, job descriptions and so on as the basis for a good screening step.
Good Hiring Starts with a Good Job Profile [Kevin Wheeler, Global Learning Resources] Discusses five ways to help hiring managers analyze the positions they’re hiring for.
The Right Fit: Profiling in Relief [Anna Kassulke, RCI Recruitment Solutions] A three-part article explaining why profiling is the first in a step-by-step approach to “performance staffing.”

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