Assignment: Job Analysis

The goal of this assignment is to begin to methodically collect information about the job or career that you are most interested in exploring.

Pick The Job You’d Like to Analyze

In Module 1, you did a lot of work to identify your skills, interests, personality, and values. In the assignment for section 1.7 you listed five jobs or professions that you thought might match with your work personality. Revisit that assignment and think about which of those positions seem like the best fit for what you learned in your self-assessment. Choose the one you are most interested in.

Remember that the purpose of this process is to help you determine which job is a good fit for your interests and aptitudes. If at any point it becomes clear to you that the job you’re working on analyzing is not a good fit for you, you should back up and start over with a new job. If you have varied interests and skills, it might make the most sense for you to analyze more than one job at a time.

The Job Information Form

To help you consider what information is critical to capture at the start of your analysis, a Job Information Form is reproduced below. The form is meant to be used as a guide—customize the form so that it reflects any job- or field-specific information, or anything else you would like to know.

Not only will filling out a Job Information Form help you get a better sense of each position you’re interested in, it will also help you prepare for much of the work you will be doing later in this module. In the next sections, you will be establishing a relationship with a mentor, setting up an informational interview, and finding an organization that will allow you to do an occupational observation. As you learn more about the position, you will want to keep a record of the questions you want to ask the people involved in these next steps—do so at the end of the Job Information Form.

Begin the assignment by finding a job description or descriptions, and flesh out the information with AFB CareerConnect and O-Net information—or information you find through library, career center, or vocational rehabilitation agency research. Make sure you take accurate notes on the research you conduct, and don’t forget to continue to add to your resource log as you identify sources of information.

JOB INFORMATION FORM

Common Job Title (s):
Major Job Duties:
Required Education and/or Certification(s):
Required Professional Experience:
Other Qualifications (special computer skills, languages, etc.):
Position this Job Reports to:
Hours:
Location:
Salary:
Job and/or Industry Outlook:
Other Information:
Questions to ask a worker in this field:

CareerConnect

Assignment: Job Analysis – Section 2: Starting a Job Analysis – Job Seeker’s Toolkit

Assignment: Job Analysis

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