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Overview
Occupational analysts collect and analyse information about jobs, tasks and staffing structures inside a field or company. Their work supports job descriptions, classification systems, recruitment, staff development and restructuring decisions.
In job descriptions, look for job analysis, occupational information, interviews, employee feedback, classification systems, personnel management, training programmes, efficiency improvements and work-related reports.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Occupational analysts work with evidence about jobs: interviews, task lists, staffing data, feedback and organisational charts. Their output is usually a clearer job description, classification or recommendation for managers.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include job analysis, interview technique, report writing, classification design and careful handling of employee information. The work often links HR, managers, staff representatives and subject experts.
Salary context
Pay depends on analytical scope, independence, organisational sensitivity and whether the role shapes formal classification, restructuring or training decisions. Project responsibility and stakeholder complexity matter.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward HR analytics, workforce planning, organisational development, recruitment process design, training programme work or specialist consulting on job structures.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names methods, data sources, report ownership, unions or staff representatives, classification systems and whether recommendations are advisory or tied to formal change.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
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Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETCompensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
13-1141.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETOperations Research Analysts
15-2031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Personnel and careers professionals (2423)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6d03eaef-1ce5-4a1e-bb41-0908e1af1b65 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2423.5 |
| ISCO group | 2423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |