• Job Evaluation is a key human resources process that immensely contributes towards organizational growth and development.

• There are two often cited principles of compensation namely; equal pay for equal work and more pay for more important work. Both principles imply that organizations pay employees for what they do – their jobs. Establishing whether jobs are equal or unequal and by how much requires the development of a hierarchy of jobs by the organization. This is the task of job evaluation.

• Job evaluation establishes a logical hierarchy of jobs to which a fair and equitable pay structure can be attached. The purpose of Job Evaluation is to achieve and maintain a logical distribution of jobs across the organisation, without regard for personalities or existing structures, by determining (as systematically and objectively as possible) the worth of one job relative to another.

• By using the job evaluation process, your organization will be able to assess the relative content and value of jobs, and determine equitable, understandable, and competitive compensation.