This document summarizes a job analysis presentation. It defines job analysis as the process of describing and recording aspects of jobs and specifying the skills required to perform them. The purposes of job analysis are to prepare job descriptions and specifications, document job requirements, and describe the work performed. Reasons to perform job analysis include defining job domains, describing jobs, and developing performance appraisals, selection systems, promotion criteria, training needs assessments, and compensation plans. Data collection methods include interviews, questionnaires, observation, critical incident investigations, gathering background information, worker logs, and actual participation. Approaches to job analysis are job oriented, worker oriented, and trait oriented.