Job Design and KSAOs
A job design and analysis process identifies the
required attributes – KSAOs – for ideal job
performance in a specific job.
The acronym “KSAO” (Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities and Other) is often
used for all the components for
consideration when examining past
performance and evaluating various
candidates for a given role.
Behavioral assessments like the
Predictive Index® fit in the “Other”
category and offer a powerful, datadriven approach to assessing
potential and performance.
Knowledge
Skills
What do you know?
What can you do now?
Abilities
Other
What are your
capabilities to learn a
task?
How would you do
the task/job? (e.g.
Workplace behaviors)
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