Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis

AIR’s industrial-organizational psychologists routinely work with our clients to define the knowledge, skill, ability and competency requirements of jobs and occupations. We use this core information to develop performance management systems, identify content for training programs, inform recruitment and selection processes, and support other human resource management applications. AIR has analyzed a broad range of jobs, including high-risk professions such as air traffic controller, deputy U.S. marshals, electricians and intelligence officers.

Latest Work

2 May 2018 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event

Financial Literacy Skills for the 21st Century: Evidence from PISA

Please join American Institutes for Research for a presentation and discussion focusing on the latest international results in financial literacy from the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). World-renowned researcher Dr. Annamaria Lusardi will present findings relevant to PISA and financial literacy more broadly.
1 May 2018
Brief

A Description of U.S. Adults Who Are Not Digitally Literate

This brief highlights findings from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in an effort to obtain a clear understanding of the ability of adults to undertake digital problem solving. This brief uses data gathered from a sample of 5,000 adults across different socio-demographic groups in the United States and compares it to international averages from 19 other countries to answer three specific study questions.
Topic: 
Workforce, Adult Learning, Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis, International Comparisons in Education
22 Feb 2017 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event

PIAAC Prison Study: An Overview of the Skills of U.S. Incarcerated Adults

On February 22, 2017, AIR hosted a presentation and discussion on a recently released report using data from the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) titled Highlights from the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults: Their Skills, Work Experience, Education, and Training. This report provided information on skills and competencies of the incarcerated adults, comparing to that of adults in U.S. households. The report also reported on the extent of inmates’ participation in formal education, empowerment classes (such as parenting or personal finance management), and job training programs.
15 Nov 2013
Infographic

Tapping the Potential: Infographics Illustrate Need for Further Skills Training Among American Adults

“Tapping the Potential,” a series of infographics developed by AIR, illustrate the need for further literacy, numeracy and skills training among adults in America. The infographics, which highlight findings for each state and the U.S. overall, were created on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and use data from the American Community Survey.
Topic: 
Reading and Literacy, Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis
1 Apr 2011
Report

Test Assesses the Knowledge of College Graduates Seeking Careers in Human Resources

AIR and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) have created a new examination for assessing the human resource (HR) knowledge of graduating college students seeking HR careers.

Topic: 
Workforce, Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis, Human Capital, College and Career Readiness
15 Sep 2009
Brochure

Information Technology Careers for Military Spouses: Career Advancement Accounts

Brochure describing information technology careers for military spouses.

Topic: 
Workforce, Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis, Human Capital
10 Sep 2009
Brief

Technical Assistance Brief: Teaching Soft Skills Through Workplace Simulations in Classroom Settings

Soft skills, the employability skills that speak to a worker’s interpersonal skills and character, rose to prominence in the early 1990s as a critical component of worker productivity with the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). Today, the need to coach new hires about soft skills is an accepted fact among employers and those who prepare individuals for the workforce.

Topic: 
Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis
18 Jul 1994
Report

Measuring the Importance of Teamwork: The Reliability and Validity of Job/Task Analysis Indices for Training Design

Because the development of skill-based coordination training is dependent on the accurate identification of crucial behaviors to be trained, and because there is a need to develop more effective methods to identify these skills, the purpose of this investigation was to identify a psychometrically sound index of team task importance to guide the selection of behaviors for training.

Topic: 
Workforce, Job, Skill, and Competency Analysis, Human Capital