Affirmative Action Services Conducts Job Analysis To Document To Job Of Affirmative Action Professional: By Dr. Jim Higgins

Human Resources Practitioners and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Professionals generally acknowledge the need to conduct a job analysis upon which to base selection procedures, compensation levels, minimum qualifications, and training programs. This understanding is based on the 1978 federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, the courts, and Executive Order 11246.

However, while it is not uncommon to hear about job analysis for jobs like Police Officer, Fire Captain, Analyst, etc., very little has been written with respect to the job duties performed by EEO Professionals themselves or the knowledge, skills and abilities that an EEO Professional must possess in order to be effective on the job. And yet, the role of the EEO Professional in protecting organizations from litigation exposure and selecting the most creative and productive workforce “should” make it one of the most critical jobs to understand.

Affirmative Action Services is conducting a national job analysis of the job of EEO Professional. The results of this study will help federal Contractors and other organizations identify the national consensus of what is required in order to perform this important job. The information will also help organizations compare their own EEO staffing strategies to those of others.

You and your organization are encouraged to complete our job analysis survey. Simply visit www.AffirmativeActionServices.com and click on the job analysis survey link in the upper right corner of the home page.
If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact Dr. Jim Higgins at JHiggins@AffirmativeActionServices.com or at (916) 204-1749.