Job Analysis

You can analyse the job opportunity under the following steps:

• The Firm

- Background of the company
- Products and services
- Capital invested and turnover
- Profit performance
- Number of employees
- Location - factory and branches
- Future plans of the company
- Competitors
- Any important issue of the organisation which has been in the news

Your sources of Information could be:
- Balance sheets of the company
- Chairman’s speech at the last general body meeting of the company
- Brochures and Pamphlets of the company
- Job opportunity announcement
- Information and brochures available in the Training and Placement section of your Institution
- Talking to the employees of the company, especially to the senior Alumni of your College, or through a contact person.

• The Appointment

- Title of the Job
- Number of posts
- Method or extent of company training and confirmation
- Remuneration levels of staff
- Accountability/challenges
- Job Safety/Risks
- Stresses/hazards

• Duties and responsibilities pertaining to the job

- Routine/creative type of work
- Qualities needed for success

• Conditions of Employment

- Location/Areas of posting
- Remuneration and perks
- Days/Hours of work/Leave facilities
- Agreement contract/Service bond
- Retirement benefits

• Promotion Prospects

- Criteria
- Span periods for assessment for promotion
- Prospects for your specialty