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Avoid Shot-in-the-Dark Job Analysis

October 30th, 2006

I’ve been traveling for the past three weeks (one more to go), and heard one manager say, “With good people, you can deliver almost anything.” He’s right. And it’s hard to define good people. Saying, “I’ll know one when I see one” is not enough. That’s shot-in-the-dark job analysis.

Job analysis, even if you don’t get it right the first time, is essential to knowing who’s a good person for the job. If you don’t know how to get started, here’s my job analysis template.

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4 Comments Add your own

  • 1. keith ray  |  October 30th, 2006 at 9:10 pm

    With good people, who are free to control their (1) process and (2) environment, they can likely deliver almost anything in some timeframe.

  • 2. Esther Derby  |  October 30th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

    Bad systems trump good people. Good systems help everyone do their best.

  • 3. chakpak dhoom  |  November 2nd, 2006 at 9:56 pm

    we look for people who are versatile and have a never say no attitude. I routinely ask questions on current affairs, history, along with core java/c++ , javascript/html

  • 4. Dave Freireich  |  February 1st, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    I like your job analysis template becasue it helps get to what is really required of this position.

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