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Talxcellenz® Job Analysis O*NET-Based Confirmatory Job Analysis Process 2019 ® Talxcellenz Job Analysis O*NET-Based Confirmatory Job Analysis Process Current Logo Tagline Update Option 1a Talent SCM Systems Tagline Update Option 1b Talent SCM Systems Tagline Update Option 1c Talent SCM Systems ©2019 Metrics Reporting, Inc. | www.metricsreporting.com Job Analysis Report HireReach – BarFly Ventures Corporate Managers (CORM) Job Family June 18, 2019 This is the final job analysis report for the above job family. This job analysis was performed in accordance with the ONET-Based Confirmatory Job Analysis Process published in the Metrics Reporting Research Brief: Job Analysis and Validation. This report is organized in alignment with EEOC’s Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP). The headings and grey text are excerpts of UGESP. This job analysis was conducted by a job analysis team with the following members: • James Guest, Director of Research, Metrics Reporting, Inc. • Rachel Cleveland, Technical Consultant, HireReach • Marlene Brostrom, Consultant, HireReach • Bill Guest, President and Chief Solutions Architect, Metrics Reporting, Inc. This job analysis included subject matter experts from the employer(s) listed above. UGESP Section 15(C)(1) User(s), location(s) and date(s) of study. Dates and location(s) of the job analysis should be shown (essential). The job analysis was completed in three phases. Phase 1 included job family research using www.onetonline.org and www.talxcellenz.com, competency model research, and preparation of initial drafts of the occupational competencies (task) list, tools and technology list, occupational credentials list, and foundational competencies list. Phase 2 was the SME session. The SME session was facilitated by James Guest with support from other members of the job analysis team. In that session a representative sample of SMEs confirmed and/or edited the occupational competencies (task) list, tools and technology list, occupational credentials list, and individually determined ratings of the foundational competencies. The SMEs then together reached and documented their consensus regarding the ratings for each foundational competency. Phase 3 was the work of compiling this final report. The date and location of the SME session was Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at BarFly Ventures, LLC., 35 Oakes SW, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Rev: 2019-06-18 Job Analysis Report Page 1 of 6 The job analysis team collaborated with the employer(s) to identify and schedule SMEs representative of the job family based on race, gender, jobs within the job family, participating employers, and locations. The list of SMEs (sign-in sheet) is provided in Appendix A. Please note that Appendix A will be provided to the employer’s human resources department and omitted from the publicly available version of this report to protect the personal information of the SMEs. UGESP Section 15(C)(2) Problem and setting. An explicit definition of the purpose(s) of the study and the circumstances in which the study was conducted should be provided. A description of existing selection procedures and cutoff scores, if any, should be provided. This job analysis supports employer initiatives that are launching evidence-based selection process and/or evidence-based career pathways. Employers, education and training providers, and workforce development agencies may use the information in this report to improve education and training programs. Employers may also use this report to support the use of selection systems that incorporate measures of the important competencies as part of their selection processes. UGESP Section 15(C)(3) Job analysis – Content of the job. A description of the method used to analyze the job should be provided (essential). The work behavior(s), the associated tasks, and, if the behavior results in a work product, the work products should be completely described (essential). Measures of criticality and/or importance of the work behavior(s) and the method of determining these measures should be provided (essential). Where the job analysis also identified the knowledges, skills, and abilities used in work behavior(s), an operational definition for each knowledge in terms of a body of learned information and for each skill and ability in terms of observable behaviors and outcomes, and the relationship between each knowledge, skill, or ability and each work behavior, as well as the method used to determine this relationship, should be provided (essential). The work situation should be described, including the setting in which work behavior(s) are performed, and where appropriate, the manner in which knowledges, skills or abilities are used, and the complexity and difficulty of the knowledge, skill, or ability as used in the work behavior(s). The job analysis method used to analyze this job family is described thoroughly in the Research Brief: Job Analysis and Validation. Preparation for the job analysis was supported by the Talxcellenz® website. The O*NET-defined knowledge, skills, abilities, educational levels, interests, work values, work styles, work activities, work contexts, wages, and job zone for each occupation code were compiled into a Job Rev: 2019-06-18 Job Analysis Report Page 2 of 6 Family Portrait to illustrate the job-related elements and to calculate the average ratings for each element. The O*NET-defined foundational competency elements were also combined into the Talxcellenz® Foundational Competency framework to calculate the importance ratings and level ratings for each of the 22 foundational competencies. The O*NET provides an indirect linking of competencies to tasks by providing a task list and corresponding Detailed Work Activities (DWAs) along with importance ratings and level ratings for each competency and for each occupational code. As this occupational level data is combined at the job family level, the foundational competencies are linked to the tasks and the DWAs based on the linking in the O*NET taxonomy. The Appendices listed at the end of this report provide supporting information describing the content of the jobs in this job family. UGESP Section 15(C)(4) Selection procedure and its content. Selection procedures, including those constructed by or for the user, specific training requirements, composites of selection procedures, and any other procedure supported by content validity, should be completely and explicitly described or attached (essential). If commercially available selection procedures are used, they should be described by title, form, and publisher (essential). The behaviors measured or sampled by the selection procedure should be explicitly described (essential). Where the selection procedure purports to measure a knowledge, skill, or ability, evidence that the selection procedure measures and is a representative sample of the knowledge, skill, or ability should be provided (essential). The primary purpose of this job analysis is to provide information to support the incorporation of competencies in evidence-based selection processes and evidence- based career pathways that are part of employers’ talent supply chains. Clear communication of competencies that are documented as job-related enables talent acquisition professionals to improve selection decisions and enables education and training providers to improve programs by appropriately focusing competency development and occupational training on areas that are related to job performance. This in turn helps individuals enter and advance along career pathways. The information in this report can also be used to improve the quality of career coaching by using occupational and foundational competency information to Rev: 2019-06-18 Job Analysis Report Page 3 of 6 support career guidance and decision making. Evidence-based career profiles will also benefit by aligning portfolio content with these documented job-related competencies. Employers may also use this report to support selection systems that incorporate the important job-related competencies using selection tools such as reliable assessments, structured interview guides, and other reliable methods. UGESP Section 15(C)(5) Relationship between the selection procedure and the job. The evidence demonstrating that the selection procedure is a representative work sample, a representative sample of the work behavior(s), or a representative sample of a knowledge, skill, or ability as used as part of a work behavior and necessary for that behavior should be provided (essential). The user should identify the work behavior(s) which each item or part of the selection procedure is intended to sample or measure (essential). Where the selection procedure purports to sample a work behavior or to provide a sample of a work product, a comparison should be provided of the manner, setting, and the level of complexity of the selection procedure with those of the work situation (essential). If any steps were taken to reduce adverse impact on a race, sex, or ethic group in the content of the procedure or in its administration, these steps should be described. Establishment of time limits, if any, and how these limits are related to the speed with which duties must per performed on the job, should be explained. Measures of central tendency (e.g., means) and measures of dispersion (e.g., standard deviations) and estimates of reliability should be reported for all selection procedures if available. Such reports should be made for relevant race, sex, and ethnic subgroups, at least on a statistically reliable sample basis. This report documents
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