In the new system why are so many of the administrative support jobs grouped into only a few job titles?
Positions doing similar work have been placed into the same job. In the old system there were many different jobs titles for administrative support work; however, although job titles were different, the work was similar. The Classification Project Team reviewed hundreds of job questionnaires from administrative support positions and found commonality among many of the positions; therefore, many of the positions have been placed into the same job. The purpose of a job description is to describe the work being performed in broad terms; it does not describe each individual duty performed by each individual employee in a job. There are many positions in the administrative support jobs that perform similar broad responsibilities although individual tasks may vary.
