Reading Assignment

To be completed after reading the assignment:

1. "Job Analysis: An Important Employment Tool"

The U.S. Department of Labor authored an article on Job Analysis.  It is no longer available on their website, but can be found on a number of other sites by googling the title, "Job Analysis: An Important Employment Tool."  A PDF version of the article, for example, can be found at http://charityadvantage.com/leap/images/Job%20Analysis.PDF.

2. O*Net

Go to the website for the Occupational Information Network or O*Net at http://onetcenter.org and complete the following:

Click on the "About O*Net" link on the left column of the site. Read the information provided about O*Net on that page and follow the link to the conceptual model on the following page (link appears in the text towards the end of the first page).

Go back to the home page. Click on "O*Net Online" link at the top of the page. Choose "find occupations" link and enter the keyword "Psychologist." Find the listing for Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and read the summary report including the task descriptions, knowledge requirements, skill requirements, ability requirements, work context, interests, and values.

To continue to the next page, click on next at the top or bottom of the page (on the right side.)