Mercer Job Library Start Guide
Mercer Job Library Start Guide
Mercer Job Library produces results at both a granular level, to capture specific skill sets, and in various data
combinations to give you alternative ways to understand the complex labor markets you are facing today.
With Mercer Job Library you can view the following results sets:
Job — basic survey results representing a specific type of work at a specific Career Level
Core Job — an aggregate of underlying Jobs within a Sub-Family at a specific Career Level
Mercer Combined Job — job combinations and aggregated data, prepared by Mercer
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Use consistent language across all Career Levels and Match against the appropriate Career Level, as well as
make all relevant Levels available for matching Specialization
Update the following results sets: Analyze the market in different ways, and ensure
Core Jobs consistency across markets
Mercer Combined Jobs
Add Typical Titles and Match Notes More easily find appropriate matches
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EN H AN C E D ! S e ar ch b y Jo b T it l e /J ob Cod e u s ing th e K EY W O R D f ie ld
Click on the “Search for job title, job code, or typical title” field (look for blinking cursor); enter the job title or code.
The Mercer Job Library tab allows a keyword search, which functions similarly to other search engines:
1. Multiple titles or codes can be searched at the same time; simply include a comma (,) or semicolon (;)
2. Title searches will search the Mercer Job Library Job Title and Typical Titles associated with that Job
• For containing or partial words, include an asterisk wildcard (*) before and/or after the entry.
• For partial job codes must include a period (.), e.g., FIN.* will return all Finance family jobs.
Select entire Job Family by clicking in the box to the left of Family name, or click the plus sign to unveil
Sub-Families.
1. Select entire Sub-Family by clicking in the box to left of Sub-Family name, or click on plus sign to unveil
Specializations belonging to Sub-Family. NOTE: Some Sub-Families contain long lists, which are broken up
by Navigation Groups; in those cases, there is an additional level of plus signs to click to reach
Specializations.
3. Alternatively, or additionally, click once in keyword search box to the right of the fly-out (look for blinking
cursor); enter a keyword and select desired result to include in search.
4. Click Apply.
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1. Select entire Function by clicking in the box to the left of Function name, or click the plus sign to unveil
Departments.
3. Alternatively, or additionally, click once in keyword search box to the right of the fly-out (look for blinking
cursor); enter a keyword and select desired result to include in search.
4. Click Apply.
1. Select Job Industry to filter on relevant industry-specific positions in the Mercer Job Library.
2. Click Apply.
1. Select Job Types - Job, Core Job, or Mercer Combined Job - to include in your search.
2. Click Apply.
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1. Select the icon next to the Job from your results set to analyze; a fly-out will appear, highlighting the Job you
selected in bold. The Core Job in which the selected Job is included, as well as any Mercer Combined Jobs
– in which it is included – are listed at the top. The other Jobs within the same Sub-Family are also
displayed.
2. Click on the Job Description and Summary Compensation Statistics buttons to the right of each Job to
view further information about those Jobs.
3. Click on the flag to the left of the Job, turning it green, if you wish to add it to your results set; click again to
remove. Click the Combine Jobs button to create your own Job combinations.
4. Once all of your selections for addition to your results set are made, click Save to return to the results set.
Alternatively, if you decide not to make any changes you have selected, click Cancel.
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2. Select two or more Jobs from the fly-out list by clicking in the box to the left of each.
3. Click once in the “Combined Job Title” field (look for blinking cursor); enter a job title in the field.
4. Click once in the “Combined Job Code” field; enter a job code in the field.
5. Click the check mark to the right to add the new “My Combined Job” to the fly-out results. Note that you can
view the Job Description and Summary Compensation Statistics for the new My Combined Job as described
above.
6. In order to add this new Job to your main results set, you must click Save on the fly-out screen; if you click
Cancel, you will lose your work.