Documenting Job Content: An Approach to Job & Work Analysis (Building Blocks Series Vol. 6)

Good job documentation is not simply a preventive measure. It also greatly assists an organization's efforts to achieve efficiency and quality, and it facilitates the creation of an equitable job-worth hierarchy.

This how-to booklet describes 12 steps of conducting job and work analysis while incorporating workflow analysis techniques. Using helpful examples, questionnaires and great tips on how to write a job description, this gem of a book can help you translate your organization's strategic plan into specific roles and responsibilities.

Thomas J. Hackett, CCP, CBP, is president of Sean Thomas Associates Inc., a human resources and compensation consulting firm. Prior to forming Sean Thomas Associates, he was an executive compensation consultant with Aon, a partner with D.G. McDermott Associates LLC, and a consultant with the Hay Group. Hackett has worked with corporate clients across a wide range of industries. His corporate human resources experience includes Equitable Capital Management, Gillette, Morgan Stanley and Pitney Bowes. He is a past chairman of the Wall Street Compensation and Benefits Association. He currently serves on three WorldatWork faculties, and has taught graduate courses in human resources at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Hackett has authored numerous articles on contemporary human resources and compensation issues. He holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Valerie C. Williams is a personal coach, HR consultant and adjunct professor at Sonoma State University.