- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who collects, analyzes, and prepares occupational information to facilitate personnel, administration, and management functions of organization. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with management to determine type, scope, and purpose of study.
* Studies current organizational occupational data and compiles distribution reports, organization and flow charts, and other background information required for study.
* Observes jobs and interviews workers and supervisory personnel to determine job and worker requirements.
* Analyzes occupational data, such as physical, mental, and training requirements of jobs and workers and develops written summaries, such as job descriptions, job specifications, and lines of career movement.
* Utilizes developed occupational data to evaluate or improve methods and techniques for recruiting, selecting, promoting, evaluating, and training workers, and administration of related personnel programs.
* May specialize in classifying positions according to regulated guidelines to meet job classification requirements of civil service system and be known as Position Classifier.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects, analyzes, and prepares occupational information to facilitate personnel, administration, and management functions of organization. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with management to determine type, scope, and purpose of study.
* Studies current organizational occupational data and compiles distribution reports, organization and flow charts, and other background information required for study.
* Observes jobs and interviews workers and supervisory personnel to determine job and worker requirements.
* Analyzes occupational data, such as physical, mental, and training requirements of jobs and workers and develops written summaries, such as job descriptions, job specifications, and lines of career movement.
* Utilizes developed occupational data to evaluate or improve methods and techniques for recruiting, selecting, promoting, evaluating, and training workers, and administration of related personnel programs.
* May specialize in classifying positions according to regulated guidelines to meet job classification requirements of civil service system and be known as Position Classifier.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews new prison inmates to obtain social and criminal histories to aid in classification and assignment of prisoners to appropriate work and other activities. Responsibilities include:
* Gathers data, such as work history, school, criminal, and military records, family background, habits, religious beliefs, and prisoner's version of crime committed.
* Analyzes prisoner's social attitudes, mental capacity, character, and physical capabilities and prepares admission summary based on data obtained.
* Explains prison rules and regulations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews military and civilian personnel to recruit and inform individuals on matters concerning career opportunities, incentives, military rights and benefits, and advantages of military career. Responsibilities include:
* Assists and advises military commands in organizing, preparing, and implementing enlisted recruiting and retention program.
* Interviews individuals to determine their suitability for placement into specific military occupation.
* Occasionally lectures to civic and social groups, military dependents, school officials, and religious leaders concerning military career opportunities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews military and civilian personnel to recruit and inform individuals on matters concerning career opportunities, incentives, military rights and benefits, and advantages of military career. Responsibilities include:
* Assists and advises military commands in organizing, preparing, and implementing enlisted recruiting and retention program.
* Interviews individuals to determine their suitability for placement into specific military occupation.
* Occasionally lectures to civic and social groups, military dependents, school officials, and religious leaders concerning military career opportunities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides information and advice concerning provisions and regulations of state-administered retirement program for public employees. Responsibilities include:
* Explains retirement annuity system to personnel officers of local or state governmental entities covered by system, utilizing knowledge of rules and policies of retirement plan.
* Explains retirement policies and regulations of retirement board to covered employee groups, utilizing knowledge of annuity payments, procedure manuals, and official interpretations.
* Audits retirement accounts and examines records of employing entities to ensure compliance with prescribed standards and regulations.
* Attends and addresses conferences and other meetings of employees concerned, as representative of retirement board.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who promotes and develops employment and on-the-job training opportunities for disadvantaged applicants. Responsibilities include:
* Assists employers in revising standards which exclude applicants from jobs.
* Demonstrates to employers effectiveness and profitability of employing chronically unemployed by identifying jobs that workers could perform.
* Establishes relationships with employers regarding problems, complaints, and progress of recently placed disadvantaged applicants and recommends corrective action.
* Assists employers in establishing wage scales commensurate with prevailing rates.
* Promotes, develops, and terminates on-the-job training program opportunities with employers and assists in writing contracts.
* Identifies need for and assists in development of auxiliary services to facilitate bringing disadvantaged applicants into job-ready status.
* Informs business, labor, and public about training programs through various media.
* May instruct applicants in resume writing, job search, and interviewing techniques.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who seeks out, interviews, screens, and recruits job applicants to fill existing company job openings. Responsibilities include:
* Discusses personnel needs with department supervisors to prepare and implement recruitment program.
* Contacts colleges to arrange on-campus interviews.
* Provides information on company facilities and job opportunities to potential applicants.
* Interviews college applicants to obtain work history, education, training, job skills, and salary requirements.
* Screens and refers qualified applicants to company hiring personnel for follow-up interview.
* Arranges travel and lodging for selected applicants at company expense.
* Performs reference and background checks on applicants.
* Corresponds with job applicants to notify them of employment consideration.
* Files and maintains employment records for future references.
* Projects yearly recruitment expenditures for budgetary control.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews workers to gather information on worker attitudes toward work environment and supervision received to facilitate resolution of employee relations problems. Responsibilities include:
* Explains to workers company and governmental rules, regulations, and procedures, and need for compliance.
* Gathers information on workers' feelings about factors that affect worker morale, motivation, and efficiency.
* Meets with management to discuss possible actions to be taken.
* Inspects work stations to ensure required changes or actions are implemented.
* Interviews workers to determine reactions to specific actions taken.
* Prepares reports on workers' comments and actions taken.
* Enrolls eligible workers in company programs, such as pension and savings plans.
* Maintains medical, insurance, and other personnel records and forms.
* May operate computer to compile, store, or retrieve worker related information, such as medical, insurance, pension, and savings plans.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides establishment personnel assistance in identifying, evaluating, and resolving human relations and work performance problems within establishment to facilitate communication and improve employee human relations skills and work performance. Responsibilities include:
* Talks informally with establishment personnel and attends meetings of managers, supervisors, and work units to facilitate effective interpersonal communication among participants and to ascertain human relations and work related problems that adversely affect employee morale and establishment productivity.
* Evaluates human relations and work related problems and meets with supervisors and managers to determine effective remediation techniques, such as job skill training or personal intervention, to resolve human relations issues among personnel.
* Develops and conducts training to instruct establishment managers, supervisors, and workers in human relation skills, such as supervisory skills, conflict resolution skills, interpersonal communication skills, and effective group interaction skills.
* Schedules individuals for technical job-related skills training to improve individual work performance.
* May participate in resolving labor relations issues.
* May assist in screening applicants for establishment training programs.
* May write employee newsletter.
* May operate audio-visual equipment to review or to present audio-visual tapes for training program.
Industry:Professional careers
