{"id":"job-analysis","title":"Job analysis","summary":"Investigate tasks, required competencies and the relationship between them to establish grounds for selection and personnel decisions.","concepts":["Tasks: actual work and its conditions","Competencies: capabilities needed to perform tasks","Linking evidence: why a requirement is necessary for the work"],"application":"Use job analysis to prepare job descriptions and hiring requirements or clarify responsibilities when assignments change.","limitations":"Identical job titles can involve different tasks. Old analyses may not reflect current work; a job is not equivalent to a person’s worth.","directions":["Current performance: establish present tasks and essential requirements.","Changing roles: distinguish planned work changes from requirements that can be learned."],"category":"Organization and HR","kind":"method","kind_label":"Method","persona_ids":["recruiter","hr-manager","labor-advisor","manager"],"revision":1,"updated_at":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","sources":[{"title":"Job Analysis","url":"https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/assessment-and-selection/job-analysis/","publisher":"U.S. Office of Personnel Management","edition":"Official job analysis guidance","region":"US personnel management method","checked_at":"2026-10-07","reuse":"Independent editorial summary and source link; the original text is not republished."}],"review":{"status":"source-checked-editorial","expert_reviewed":false},"editorial_note":"Editorial English translation of the Korean edition. No professional translation or occupational expert review has been completed. Translation does not change the source jurisdiction.","language":"en","translation":{"status":"current","source_language":"ko","source_version":"kb-a9e42d3af73e7134","translated_at":"2026-10-09","professional_reviewed":false},"trust":"reference-data","version":"kb-f227b5ccfac95a7e","links":{"document":"/en/knowledge/job-analysis","markdown":"/en/knowledge/job-analysis.md","api":"/api/v1/knowledge/job-analysis?lang=en"}}