Job Analysis and Job Descriptions

The Completed Job Description

The completed job description for the Chief Executive Officer does a nice job of instilling a performance-driven culture within the business and will influence other job descriptions throughout the organization.

Online Tools

There are more and more tools available online that can assist users with job documentation and the related legal requirements.

• ERI AI Job Description tool
• ERI Economic Research Institute Occupational Assessor
• Enhanced Dictionary of Occupational Titles (eDOT) Library by ERI
• O*NET Resource Center (www.onetonline.org)
• Salary Surveys (e.g. ERI Salary Assessor)
• Job Description Templates (or build your own via the Microsoft Word Form Toolbar)
• Descriptions Now and PerformSmart by Insperity.com
• JDXpert by HRTMS
• Korn Ferry Activate Job Description
• Artificial Intelligence

The ERI Occupational Assessor is best known for its ability to determine and track state and federal exemption status and provide users with the ability to conduct a disability analysis based on skills and limitations.

The eDOT and O*NET libraries are also available through the Occupational Assessor.

Job Families

Job families (a group of jobs in the same career discipline but having different levels) are an important component of effective organizational design that provide logical and reasonable career progression. Job families are also important for an organization to be competitive in the external labor market. Without them, an employee's career and compensation growth will be stifled and turnover within a company may increase.