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Job, occupation, and unit group
How ISCO-08 separates a job held by one person from an occupation, and why a unit group is not a job title.
- Can one person hold two jobs in ISCO-08?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) classifies jobs rather than whole people, so this guide explains how a person with two jobs is understood in occupation statistics.
- How do employers and statisticians read the same job differently?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) groups jobs for comparison, so this guide contrasts that statistical reading with how employers read a job inside one organisation.
- How does a job differ from an occupation?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) separates a job, held by one person, from an occupation, a family of similar jobs, and this guide explains that distinction in plain language.
- How does ISCO-08 treat part-time work?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) classifies work by main tasks, so this guide explains how part-time jobs are treated in that task based system.
- How does ISCO-08 treat self-employment?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) classifies self-employed work by main tasks, so this guide explains why employment status sits apart from occupation.
- What happens when a job changes over time?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) follows main tasks, so this guide explains what happens to classification when a job itself changes over time.
- What is a task, and why does it matter more than a title?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) is built on tasks, so this guide defines a task and explains why tasks outweigh job titles in classification.
- What is a unit group, in plain words?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) ends its hierarchy at unit groups, and this guide explains that finest grouping in everyday language.
- Why do similar job titles sit in different unit groups?
ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) groups jobs by main tasks, not by title, so this guide explains why matching titles can land in different unit groups.