Q. What Does a Job Analysis or Occupational Specialists and Managers Do?
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Job analysis specialists and managers conduct programs for employers and may specialize in specific areas such as position classifications Job analysts, sometimes called position classifiers, collect and examine detailed information about job duties to prepare job descriptions. These descriptions explain the duties, training, and skills each job requires. Whenever a large organization introduces a new job or reviews existing jobs, it calls upon the expert knowledge of the job analyst.
Occupational analysts conduct research, usually in large firms. They are concerned with occupational classification systems and study the effects of industry and occupational trends upon worker relationships. They may serve as technical liaison between the firm and industry, government, and labor unions.
*Information is reprinted from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
