Every classification in your EEO-4 filing has to land in one of eight federal job categories, and category assignment is rarely obvious. Is a Dairy Inspector an Official/Administrator or a Technician? Decisions like that accumulate across hundreds of specs, often made by different people over many years, and inconsistencies surface at the worst time: while preparing your filing.
The EEO-4 Analysis reads a spec's duties and responsibilities and determines its appropriate EEO-4 job category and government function, with reasoning for each determination. Where a spec already carries an EEO-4 designation, the bulk report also compares Holly's determination against it and flags discrepancies, so you can audit existing assignments instead of trusting them blindly.
Note: This analysis uses AI to recommend category assignments. Findings support your team's judgment; they aren't a determination of your filing obligations. Always validate results before including them in an EEO-4 submission.
Common Use Cases
Preparing an EEO-4 Filing
Ahead of your Component 1 submission to the EEOC, run the bulk report to generate a category and function assignment for every classification at once, then focus your review on the specs Holly flags as discrepancies or is unable to determine.
Auditing Existing Category Assignments
Your current EEO-4 designations were assigned over years by different analysts. The bulk report's discrepancy detection compares each spec's existing designation against Holly's duties-based determination, surfacing the assignments most likely to need a second look.
Classifying a New or Reclassified Position
When a new classification is created or an existing one is substantially revised, run the single-spec analysis to get a category recommendation with reasoning you can document alongside the classification action.
Running It on One Spec or Many
On a single spec, from the spec's Analyze menu, when you need a category determination for one classification with full reasoning. See How to Run an Analysis on a Class Specification.
Across your catalog, from the Reports section, when you're preparing a filing or auditing assignments at scale. See Running Reports for Bulk Analysis.
Note: Your agency's configuration determines which analyses are included for your account, so this analysis may not be available to you. Questions about your configuration? Contact Holly Support at [email protected].
Understanding Your Results
The EEO-4 Job Categories
Both modes assign each classification to one of the eight standard EEO-4 job categories: Officials/Administrators, Professionals, Technicians, Protective Service Workers, Paraprofessionals, Administrative Support, Skilled Craft Workers, or Service/Maintenance. When the duties don't clearly support a single category, Holly marks the spec Needs Review instead of forcing a choice, and specs without enough information are marked Missing Info.
Each classification is also assigned a government function, such as Financial Administration, Police Protection, or Health, which supports the function-level breakdowns your filing requires.
Single-Spec Results
The single-spec analysis appears in the floating analysis window. It identifies the recommended job category and government function and explains which duties drove the determination, which is the documentation you'd want on file if a category assignment is ever questioned.
Bulk Report Results
The bulk report shows one row per spec with its job code, class title, assigned Job Category, and Function. Where a spec already contains an EEO-4 designation, Holly compares its determination against the existing one and assigns a discrepancy flag:
Match: Holly's determination agrees with the spec's existing designation. No action needed.
Potential Discrepancy: Holly's determination differs from the existing designation. Review these first; each includes Holly's reasoning for both readings.
Unable to Determine: Holly couldn't confidently compare, usually because the duties support multiple categories. These need human judgment.
EEO-4 Missing: The spec contains no existing designation to compare against. Holly's determination stands as the starting recommendation.
Hover over a result to see the reasoning behind the assignment or the discrepancy.
Filtering Your Results
Use the filter controls above the bulk results table:
Filter by job category: any of the eight EEO-4 categories, plus Needs Review and Missing Info.
Filter by government function: Financial Administration, Streets/Highways, Public Welfare, Hospitals/Sanitariums, Health, Police Protection, Fire Protection, Natural Resources, Housing, Community Development, Corrections, Utilities/Transportation, and others.
Filtering to Needs Review, or by category to spot-check a function area, is a fast way to divide the review work across your team before a filing deadline.