job analysis

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noun

a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.

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Origin of job analysis

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby job analysis

Joan of Arc, João Pessoa, Joash, job, job action, job analysis, Jo. Bapt., job bank, jobber, jobbery, jobbing

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How to use job analysis in a sentence

Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.
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Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It has nothing to do with the regulatory job he is nominated for.
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Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
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Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful Analysis that he must use.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for job analysis

job analysis

noun

the analysis of the contents of a job in order to provide a job description for such purposes as fitting the job into a grading structure or matching individual capabilities to job requirements

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