job evaluation

(noun)

Job evaluation is a systematic way of determining the value or worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organisation. It tries to make a systematic comparison between jobs to assess their relative worth for the purpose of establishing a rational pay structure.

Related Terms

  • job analysis
  • internal equity

Examples of job evaluation in the following topics:

  • Internal equity

    • Compensation specialists use two tools to help make these decisions: job analysis and job evaluation.
    • Job evaluation is a process that takes the information gathered by the job analysis and places a value on the job.
    • Job evaluation is the process of systematically determining the relative worth of jobs based on a judgment of each job's value to the organization.
    • The most commonly used method of job evaluation in the United States and Europe is the "point method".
    • The result of the job analysis and job evaluation processes will be a pay structure or queue, in which jobs are ordered by their value to the organization.
  • Combining internal and external equity

    • The first is pay structure, the output from the job evaluation.
    • In other words, the straight line generated by the regression analysis will be the line that best combines the internal value of a job (from job evaluation points) and the external value of a job (from the market survey).
    • How do companies decide the pay associated with each job?
    • First, they analyze the content of each job.
    • Third, they price each job in the market.
  • Pay

    • Compensation specialists use two tools to help make these decisions: job analysis and job evaluation.
    • A job analysis is a systematic method to discover and describe the differences and similarities among jobs.
    • A job evaluation is a process that takes the information gathered by the job analysis and places a value on the job.
    • The most commonly used method of job evaluation in the United States and Europe is the "point method."
    • The result of the job analysis and job evaluation processes will be a pay structure or queue in which jobs are ordered by their value to the organization.
  • Evaluating Performance: Who, What, and How

    • Performance appraisal is the organized process of evaluating the job performance of employees according to organizational standards.
    • Performance appraisal or performance evaluation refers to the ongoing, organized process of evaluating the job performance of individual employees according to set standards of the organization.
    • Employers must be careful how they conduct such evaluations to avoid legal pitfalls.
    • Judgmental evaluation is generally the biggest part of the PA process.
    • In this realm of evaluation, employees are compared to each other rather than to set criteria.
  • Evaluating Employee Performance

    • Performance evaluation is the process of assessing an employee's job performance and productivity over a specified period of time.
    • Performance evaluation, or performance appraisal (PA), is the process of assessing an employee's job performance and productivity.
    • That is, often people are nice enough to provide good evaluations for work that isn't up to par.
    • Supervisors record behaviors that they judge to be job-performance relevant, and they keep a running tally of good and bad behaviors and evaluate the performance of employees based on their judgement.
    • Self-assessments: in self-assessments, individuals assess and evaluate their own behavior and job performance.
  • Employee Recruitment

    • Recruitment is the process of identifying an organizational gap and attracting, evaluating, and hiring employees to fill that role.
    • Job analysis involves determining the different aspects of a job through, for example, job description and job specification.
    • The former describes the tasks that are required for the job, while the latter describes the requirements that a person needs to do that job.
    • Methods of screening include evaluating resumes and job applications, interviewing, and job-related or behavioral testing.
    • Internet job boards and job search engines are commonly used to communicate job postings.
  • Performance Assessment

    • A performance appraisal is done to assess an employee's job performance and productivity on certain preestablished criteria and objectives.
    • A performance appraisal (PA) or performance evaluation is a systematic and periodic process that assesses an individual employee's job performance and productivity, in relation to certain preestablished criteria and organizational objectives.
    • A private conference is often scheduled to discuss the evaluation.
    • The process of an evaluation may include one or more of these things:
    • A performance appraisal (PA) or performance evaluation is a systematic and periodic process that assesses an individual employee's job performance and productivity in relation to certain preestablished criteria and organizational objectives.
  • Training

    • These activities are often focused upon, and evaluated against, the job that an individual currently holds.
    • On-the-job training takes place in a normal working situation, using the actual tools, equipment, documents or materials that trainees will use once they are fully trained.
    • On-the-job training has a general reputation as being most effective for vocational work.
    • Off-the-job training has the advantage in that it allows people to get away from work and concentrate more thoroughly on the training itself.
    • A more recent development in job training is the On the Job Training Plan or OJT Plan.
  • Policy Evaluation

    • Policies must be evaluated once in place, but still tend to become entrenched over time and often do not receive any kind of evaluation.
    • Policy evaluation can take place at different times.
    • In spite of the many ways policies may be evaluated, they are often not evaluated at all.
    • For example, two of the objectives of the 1996 Telecommunications Act were creating jobs and reducing cable rates.
    • If sufficient amounts of revenues are not made, companies must either cut jobs to maintain low rates or must raise rates to create more jobs.
  • Cross-Training and Job Sharing

    • Cross training involves workers being trained in tangent job functions, while job sharing involves two people working together on the same job.
    • Mary and Susan job share.
    • Illuminates inefficient methods, outdated techniques, and bureaucratic drift, which allows staff to re-evaluate the work methods
    • Job sharing is an employment arrangement where typically two people are retained on a part time or reduced time basis to perform a job normally fulfilled by one person working full time.
    • Employees who job share frequently attribute their decision to quality of life issues.
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