Step 2. Carry out pair comparisons
Why?
A systematic comparison ensures fairness across all jobs.
How?
- Gather the job profiles developed in Tool 2 to start your job evaluation and classification.
- Use ‘Tool 4 – Supporting Excel (small and medium-sized organisations)’ to guide your comparisons.
- List all your job roles and compare one pair at a time, by:
- deciding which job role is more demanding overall;
- awarding 1 point to the more demanding job and 0 points to the less demanding job role;
- recording the justification for that decision for transparency.
- Continue until all pairs are evaluated.
Mistakes to avoid
- Excluding job roles held by only one person – every job role matters.
- Using vague justifications such as ‘that job seems harder’.
- Assuming job titles reflect actual duties – titles can be misleading.
- Failing to write down the factor or evidence behind each decision.
Downloads
Tool 4: Supporting excel (small and medium-sized organisations)