OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION, JOB ANALYSIS AND JOB EVALUATION

Occupational information is given as “information which facilitates the development of realistic expectations about an occupational role (i.e. the system of work and non-work positions, jobs and occupations, including duties, requirements for entrance, conditions of world, rewards offered, advancement pattern existing and predicted supply of and demand for rules normally associated with an occupation) in terms which will enable the individual to test out its congruency with his self-concept” (Hayes and Hopson 1981).
 Norris et al (1996) propose that occupational information is valid and usable data about workers and sources of further information.
 Hop pock (1976) defines occupational or career information as all kinds of information regarding position, job or occupation, provided only that the information is potentially useful to a person who is choosing an occupation. More simply stated, career information means any type of facts about jobs, business, occupation, profession, trade or work obtained for use in career planning in order to earn living.
 Occupational information is a series of activities designed to familiarize young people with the range of occupations which are not completely beyond their capabilities.