Job Analysis Tool

This tool guides you through 5 steps to identify, analyze, and document a specific job title — all on one page. It searches across 57,543 specific job titles using semantic matching and connects them to comprehensive occupational data useful for job analysis, job description development, and workforce planning.

Here is a short helper video.

Step 1: Enter a Keyword: Enter a keyword related to the job you wish to analyze. For example, to analyze a Java Programmer role, enter "Java" or "programmer". This will identify all jobs that contain or are semantically related to your keyword based on shared skills, knowledge, and work activities — ensuring you capture the full range of relevant titles. You can enter more than one word for more targeted results (e.g., "java programmer").

Step 2: Select a Job: Based on your keyword, you'll see job titles matched using semantic search, which surfaces titles related to your search term even if they don't contain the exact keyword. Each result shows a match percentage indicating how closely it aligns based on skills, knowledge, and activities. Results are sorted alphabetically for easy browsing.
There are two ways to use this list:
1) Filter - Type keywords in the filter box to narrow the list of job titles
2) Browse - Scroll through all results to identify related titles you may want to benchmark against. Match percentages help prioritize the most relevant options.

Step 3: Analyze Job Listings: After selecting a job title, a job search form will appear pre-filled with your selection. Enter a location and choose a job board to retrieve active postings for that title. Results open in a new tab so you never lose your place on this page.
Tip: You can update the job title in the search box before searching — useful for analyzing slight variations of the same role or benchmarking closely related titles.

Step 4: Analyze Career Preparation (Descriptions and Specifications): After your Step 2 selection, you'll see broader occupational categories that contain your job title. Clicking one reveals the full set of job analysis data for that occupation (see list below). This is your occupational anchor — the standardized O*NET occupation you are analyzing.

Once you have selected an occupation in Step 4, you can freely explore the Job Listings section within it. Each job title in that list updates Step 3 so you can pull active postings for any related title — without losing your Step 4 occupational data. This lets you benchmark job postings across multiple related titles while staying grounded in the same occupational specification. To analyze a completely different occupation, simply make a new selection in Step 4.
*NOTE: If no occupation is identified for your search term, scroll up and enter a different keyword.

After clicking an occupation link, you will access detailed job analysis data including:
Core and Supplemental Duties: Worker-related tasks performed in this occupation — use to draft or validate essential functions in a job description.
General and Specific Work Activities: Broad and specific job behaviors — use to define competencies, performance dimensions, and behavioral interview criteria.
Essential Skills: Foundational skills central to this occupation — use to establish core competency requirements and screen candidates effectively.
Transferable Skills: Cross-occupational skills applicable across industries — use to define a broader talent pool or support internal mobility planning.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Primary activity categories on a typical workday — use to validate the scope and pace of the role in job descriptions and postings.
Knowledge Required: Subject matter knowledge domains required — use to identify expertise requirements and build knowledge-based screening criteria.
Software Skills: Commonly used tools organized by priority — use to specify technical proficiency requirements in job postings and assessments.
Educational Requirements: Distribution of educational attainment in this occupation — use to set defensible, industry-aligned education requirements.
Work Experience Required: Types and levels of experience typically required — use to calibrate experience requirements against industry norms and training pathways.
Local Salary Information: National and local salary ranges — use to benchmark compensation and inform offer decisions.
Certifications: Commonly associated credentials and certifications — use to identify preferred or required qualifications for the position.
Professional Associations: Industry associations for this occupation — use as a reference for professional standards, competency frameworks, and benchmarking resources.
Job Listings: Active postings for the selected title and related titles — use to benchmark how employers are currently defining and advertising this role.
Related Careers to Consider: Up to 20 occupations related by duties, knowledge, and job titles — use for job family mapping, career ladder development, and succession planning.

Step 5: Occupation-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue scrolling to find tabbed resource links specific to the selected occupation — useful for supplementing your analysis with current industry context:
Videos: Career overview videos — useful for quickly orienting to the scope and nature of the occupation.
Resumes: Resume samples and templates for this occupation — useful for benchmarking how candidates typically present their qualifications.
Job Description: External job description sources — useful for benchmarking language, scope, and requirements against current market postings.
Interviews: Interview preparation resources — useful for developing structured interview questions and evaluation criteria specific to this role.
Step by Step: Career pathway resources — useful for understanding typical entry points, advancement routes, and role progression for this occupation.
LinkedIn: Professional networking and occupational community resources — useful for identifying active practitioners, industry groups, and real-world role context.