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Job Profiling


KCC’s Workforce Solutions Department can assist in Job Profiling your workplace to help ensure that you are finding the best talent to meet your needs. As an employer, do you:
  • have trouble matching employee skills to the job skills?
  • need a system for developing employees for promotion?
  • have difficulty identifying the skills needed when employees are required to take on multiple roles?
  • ever wish there was a better way to align K-12 and higher education with your workforce needs?
  • experience increased hiring and training costs as a result of employee turnover?
  • want to be better prepared for future hiring needs?
If you are struggling with any of the above, the ACT WorkKeys system may be your answer.

What is WorkKeys?
WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring "real-world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success. It is a 3-step system:

Step 1: Understand what skills are needed to do the job (also called Job Profiling)
Step 2: Assess potential employees’ or existing employees’ skill level
Step 3: Provide training to address gaps in skill level required


What skills does WorkKeys measure?
WorkKeys assessments measure ten foundational workplace skills:

Applied Mathematics
Applied Technology
Business Writing
Listening
Locating Information 		Observation
Readiness
Reading for Information
Teamwork
Writing
  • Did you know that all Michigan high school seniors have taken some of these tests already?
  • By profiling your positions you could have a quick and cost effective way to select workers based on exact skill level needs!

What is job profiling?
The WorkKeys job profiling component offers a concrete way for organizations to analyze the skills needed for specific jobs and to describe those skills to job applicants, current employees, educators, and students. Job profiling identifies the workplace skills and the WorkKeys skill levels an individual must have to perform successfully. By comparing job profile information with individuals' scores on the WorkKeys assessment tests, organizations can make more reliable decisions about hiring, promotions, training, and program development. See more information on WorkKeys Job Profiling.

Job Profiling
  • Supports hiring, promotion, and training decisions.
  • Utilizes employees performing the job (subject matter experts) and ACT-trained facilitators.
  • Offers a proven methodology and reliable results.
  • Assists in identifying job specific qualifications in your company.

How can I find out more?

Did you know that grant funding may be available to offset ½ the cost of the job profile? To learn more about grant funding please visit: http://www.kellogg.edu/solutions/iwtp.html

ACT's Job Profiling Process

  • Step 1: Creating an Initial Task List:
    The profiler obtains background information about the job to be profiled from the company contact person and a tour of the job site. the profiler develops an initial list of the tasks most relevant to the job.
  • Step 2: Task Analysis
    The profiler meets with subject matter experts (SMEs)—incumbent workers or supervisors of the job being studied—who review and revise the list of tasks, adding, deleting, consolidating, or changing the wording of each task to make sure that the list accurately represents the job as it is performed in their company. Using SkillPro®, ACT's proprietary software, the SMEs rate each task according to two dimensions: importance and relative time spent. The data is used to produce a criticality rating for each task. The SMEs review this revised task list and make any necessary changes. The resulting final task list establishes which tasks are the most critical to performing the job.
  • Step 3: Skill Analysis
    The profiler presents detailed descriptions of each of the WorkKeys skills to the SMEs. These descriptions include examples of problems or situations employees must deal with at each level. The SMEs decide, as a group, which WorkKeys skills are relevant to the job and which skill levels are necessary for entry into the job and effective performance of the job.
  • Step 4: Documentation
    The profiler documents the results in a customized Job Profile Report containing a list of the tasks most critical to performance of the job, information on the WorkKeys skills, and skill levels required for entry into the job and effective performance of the job. This report establishes the link between the tasks of the job and the WorkKeys skills. See a sample job profiling report (PDF; 43 pages, 205KB).

Please click on the links below and contact us if you have any further questions:
http://www.act.org/workkeys
http://www.discprofile.com
http://www.predictiveindex.com